diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
index 59f1d87f41e938592edc15fb21293e2e07913765..3a3deb3fbbc066128d964d35c32c60a4534c2947 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void sigchld_handler(int sig)
 		done = 1;
 }
 
-int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
+int cmd_record(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct pollfd event_array[MAX_NR_CPUS * MAX_COUNTERS];
 	struct mmap_data mmap_array[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];