diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index 0ad6cfb2c8cc27d0cdd3b2cf6b389ab3f0a115c3..d687df6ebdb00a8b9694a15a7f2b9255abf24ccd 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ int regcache_init(struct regmap *map, const struct regmap_config *config)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	map->reg_defaults = config->reg_defaults;
 	map->num_reg_defaults = config->num_reg_defaults;
 	map->num_reg_defaults_raw = config->num_reg_defaults_raw;
 	map->reg_defaults_raw = config->reg_defaults_raw;
@@ -127,10 +126,10 @@ int regcache_init(struct regmap *map, const struct regmap_config *config)
 	 * won't vanish from under us.  We'll need to make
 	 * a copy of it.
 	 */
-	if (map->reg_defaults) {
+	if (config->reg_defaults) {
 		if (!map->num_reg_defaults)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		tmp_buf = kmemdup(map->reg_defaults, map->num_reg_defaults *
+		tmp_buf = kmemdup(config->reg_defaults, map->num_reg_defaults *
 				  sizeof(struct reg_default), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tmp_buf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/include/linux/regmap.h b/include/linux/regmap.h
index 1e4ec2b6c2ea676193d037546bfc815c41fffb35..458f15f4c37c6012e230ccb4c16cbc693b6d331c 100644
--- a/include/linux/regmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/regmap.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ struct regmap_config {
 	bool (*precious_reg)(struct device *dev, unsigned int reg);
 
 	unsigned int max_register;
-	struct reg_default *reg_defaults;
+	const struct reg_default *reg_defaults;
 	unsigned int num_reg_defaults;
 	enum regcache_type cache_type;
 	const void *reg_defaults_raw;