diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 2f49fce5c952601f899edecfa548ce91a213605f..651bf74745a2976fa5476de58fc57142a28a7296 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(chmod, const char __user *, filename, umode_t, mode)
 	return sys_fchmodat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode);
 }
 
-static int chown_common(struct path *path, uid_t user, gid_t group)
+static int chown_common(const struct path *path, uid_t user, gid_t group)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 77c3bfdacf16800b9ebb25b1a7e65836e2bc42d2..84f76cbc6d06cbed49b08afc2513f7d894b940eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ union security_list_options {
 				struct path *new_dir,
 				struct dentry *new_dentry);
 	int (*path_chmod)(struct path *path, umode_t mode);
-	int (*path_chown)(struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid);
+	int (*path_chown)(const struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid);
 	int (*path_chroot)(struct path *path);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index be37ccab228684abeba8201dbc5075ee0ebb8cca..f83ca920ed46d75f6d8071214532e7db4d184d0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ int security_path_rename(struct path *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			 struct path *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry,
 			 unsigned int flags);
 int security_path_chmod(struct path *path, umode_t mode);
-int security_path_chown(struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid);
+int security_path_chown(const struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid);
 int security_path_chroot(struct path *path);
 #else	/* CONFIG_SECURITY_PATH */
 static inline int security_path_unlink(struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ static inline int security_path_chmod(struct path *path, umode_t mode)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int security_path_chown(struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
+static inline int security_path_chown(const struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 21dae6070bb9dda82818ba0eac83977f4cbd091e..3adbff987b77621652a225bdab94e84f9b5ce46a 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int apparmor_path_chmod(struct path *path, umode_t mode)
 	return common_perm_mnt_dentry(OP_CHMOD, path->mnt, path->dentry, AA_MAY_CHMOD);
 }
 
-static int apparmor_path_chown(struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
+static int apparmor_path_chown(const struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
 {
 	struct path_cond cond =  { d_backing_inode(path->dentry)->i_uid,
 				   d_backing_inode(path->dentry)->i_mode
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 23ffb6cc3974bab206e6f69fe2faa9311ad75d6a..4a3e7e99abbbc85bd8db78555eafa0074eeda9ba 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ int security_path_chmod(struct path *path, umode_t mode)
 	return call_int_hook(path_chmod, 0, path, mode);
 }
 
-int security_path_chown(struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
+int security_path_chown(const struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(path->dentry))))
 		return 0;
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c b/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
index 8573eee2b58eb1ac0ed534d202637ed4b5d0d066..f0989ec978e140dd7c1ed9b959e41896e5f650ba 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static int tomoyo_path_chmod(struct path *path, umode_t mode)
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, negative value otherwise.
  */
-static int tomoyo_path_chown(struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
+static int tomoyo_path_chown(const struct path *path, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid)
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	if (uid_valid(uid))