diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 94187721ad412c6c8da4b44e946d24ecd240beb0..75bdd51ec9b8718836b8e78c186736ce9a197e17 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ extern int current_umask(void);
 extern void ihold(struct inode * inode);
 extern void iput(struct inode *);
 
-static inline struct inode *file_inode(struct file *f)
+static inline struct inode *file_inode(const struct file *f)
 {
 	return f->f_inode;
 }