diff --git a/include/linux/rbtree.h b/include/linux/rbtree.h
index 344bc3495ddbd12548c32ebaf57cd3c6ee7e8be9..9c295411d01f66a65a22b034c6d13b7c7569cef4 100644
--- a/include/linux/rbtree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rbtree.h
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ extern void rb_insert_color(struct rb_node *, struct rb_root *);
 extern void rb_erase(struct rb_node *, struct rb_root *);
 
 /* Find logical next and previous nodes in a tree */
-extern struct rb_node *rb_next(struct rb_node *);
-extern struct rb_node *rb_prev(struct rb_node *);
-extern struct rb_node *rb_first(struct rb_root *);
-extern struct rb_node *rb_last(struct rb_root *);
+extern struct rb_node *rb_next(const struct rb_node *);
+extern struct rb_node *rb_prev(const struct rb_node *);
+extern struct rb_node *rb_first(const struct rb_root *);
+extern struct rb_node *rb_last(const struct rb_root *);
 
 /* Fast replacement of a single node without remove/rebalance/add/rebalance */
 extern void rb_replace_node(struct rb_node *victim, struct rb_node *new, 
diff --git a/lib/rbtree.c b/lib/rbtree.c
index 48499c2d88ccf16d65c8891e3fc5a23e8cdf283a..9956b99649f02af0667666e098449f9df38d26b4 100644
--- a/lib/rbtree.c
+++ b/lib/rbtree.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_erase);
 /*
  * This function returns the first node (in sort order) of the tree.
  */
-struct rb_node *rb_first(struct rb_root *root)
+struct rb_node *rb_first(const struct rb_root *root)
 {
 	struct rb_node	*n;
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ struct rb_node *rb_first(struct rb_root *root)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_first);
 
-struct rb_node *rb_last(struct rb_root *root)
+struct rb_node *rb_last(const struct rb_root *root)
 {
 	struct rb_node	*n;
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ struct rb_node *rb_last(struct rb_root *root)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_last);
 
-struct rb_node *rb_next(struct rb_node *node)
+struct rb_node *rb_next(const struct rb_node *node)
 {
 	struct rb_node *parent;
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ struct rb_node *rb_next(struct rb_node *node)
 		node = node->rb_right; 
 		while (node->rb_left)
 			node=node->rb_left;
-		return node;
+		return (struct rb_node *)node;
 	}
 
 	/* No right-hand children.  Everything down and left is
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ struct rb_node *rb_next(struct rb_node *node)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rb_next);
 
-struct rb_node *rb_prev(struct rb_node *node)
+struct rb_node *rb_prev(const struct rb_node *node)
 {
 	struct rb_node *parent;
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ struct rb_node *rb_prev(struct rb_node *node)
 		node = node->rb_left; 
 		while (node->rb_right)
 			node=node->rb_right;
-		return node;
+		return (struct rb_node *)node;
 	}
 
 	/* No left-hand children. Go up till we find an ancestor which