diff --git a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
index 187cef7e56d509fcd05c04e858fe610474f20fe7..ee54f21a8113a1805052eb9c5d952a23d1006962 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct inet_connection_sock_af_ops {
 	int	    (*rebuild_header)(struct sock *sk);
 	void	    (*sk_rx_dst_set)(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb);
 	int	    (*conn_request)(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
-	struct sock *(*syn_recv_sock)(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+	struct sock *(*syn_recv_sock)(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				      struct request_sock *req,
 				      struct dst_entry *dst);
 	u16	    net_header_len;
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 85995c1291d022a59318857d09605ac2d1277f11..a1d2f5d6a430f0a082d8860dc237b4935657466a 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ struct sock *tcp_create_openreq_child(const struct sock *sk,
 				      struct request_sock *req,
 				      struct sk_buff *skb);
 void tcp_ca_openreq_child(struct sock *sk, const struct dst_entry *dst);
-struct sock *tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+struct sock *tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				  struct request_sock *req,
 				  struct dst_entry *dst);
 int tcp_v4_do_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/dccp/dccp.h b/net/dccp/dccp.h
index 2409619b7043f52376d72ad9d8fba36649817232..e1f82345156583c6144d9ac0b16a151c8688454c 100644
--- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
+++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ struct sock *dccp_create_openreq_child(const struct sock *sk,
 
 int dccp_v4_do_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
-struct sock *dccp_v4_request_recv_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+struct sock *dccp_v4_request_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       struct request_sock *req,
 				       struct dst_entry *dst);
 struct sock *dccp_check_req(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index 00a14fa4270ac1402366db362ae13ec61c73bc0b..5b7818c63cec0c0b144ac82b9c98ee40e3b68cc6 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ static inline u64 dccp_v4_init_sequence(const struct sk_buff *skb)
  *
  * This is the equivalent of TCP's tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock
  */
-struct sock *dccp_v4_request_recv_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+struct sock *dccp_v4_request_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
+				       struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       struct request_sock *req,
 				       struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv6.c b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
index 0966bc08d36272c2f320cd6f50533f76c8ad2806..e8753aa3b7a4ceb21cb33bea5355de906fe87395 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
@@ -408,13 +408,14 @@ static int dccp_v6_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static struct sock *dccp_v6_request_recv_sock(struct sock *sk,
+static struct sock *dccp_v6_request_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
 					      struct sk_buff *skb,
 					      struct request_sock *req,
 					      struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	struct inet_request_sock *ireq = inet_rsk(req);
-	struct ipv6_pinfo *newnp, *np = inet6_sk(sk);
+	struct ipv6_pinfo *newnp;
+	const struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
 	struct inet_sock *newinet;
 	struct dccp6_sock *newdp6;
 	struct sock *newsk;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 67c0dc8bddbf3c7bfb252f66d0f64a0adaf2d2ae..ee0239e190cfc15298c81284a2f90aa69d25795c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_v4_conn_request);
  * The three way handshake has completed - we got a valid synack -
  * now create the new socket.
  */
-struct sock *tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+struct sock *tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				  struct request_sock *req,
 				  struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 092a23ef1feb684378e2c45f0d1a2323e37b4a6b..2330c7be6323af1b0a5e747dc5dd5022b618b9c5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -986,12 +986,13 @@ static int tcp_v6_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0; /* don't send reset */
 }
 
-static struct sock *tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+static struct sock *tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 struct request_sock *req,
 					 struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	struct inet_request_sock *ireq;
-	struct ipv6_pinfo *newnp, *np = inet6_sk(sk);
+	struct ipv6_pinfo *newnp;
+	const struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
 	struct tcp6_sock *newtcp6sk;
 	struct inet_sock *newinet;
 	struct tcp_sock *newtp;