diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 5f6ec80d374fea519539022236e5fb943f36a6f0..2e32584c635ff43591546252e86a77cb61788ade 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -3425,7 +3425,7 @@ do {								\
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_ASSERT
 
 __cold
-static inline void assfail(char *expr, char *file, int line)
+static inline void assfail(const char *expr, const char *file, int line)
 {
 	pr_err("assertion failed: %s, file: %s, line: %d\n",
 	       expr, file, line);