diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h
index 0b0d7259276dd8fc5f96e12b23307a15fd8c5e85..cdb3c2f06092e79f70374d2542b5d127b4391cad 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct lock_class {
 	 */
 	struct list_head		locks_after, locks_before;
 
-	struct lockdep_subclass_key	*key;
+	const struct lockdep_subclass_key *key;
 	unsigned int			subclass;
 	unsigned int			dep_gen_id;
 
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 4861cf8e274b1c75ec73260e13131463b35dad49..af6627866191ee29bd89f7b128610bc162b6bcdd 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static const char *usage_str[] =
 };
 #endif
 
-const char * __get_key_name(struct lockdep_subclass_key *key, char *str)
+const char *__get_key_name(const struct lockdep_subclass_key *key, char *str)
 {
 	return kallsyms_lookup((unsigned long)key, NULL, NULL, NULL, str);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep_internals.h b/kernel/locking/lockdep_internals.h
index cc83568d501256b39d126ba2a96be2002e3451df..2e518369add4be8b107927b56e21edd9bc79c648 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep_internals.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep_internals.h
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ extern struct lock_chain lock_chains[];
 extern void get_usage_chars(struct lock_class *class,
 			    char usage[LOCK_USAGE_CHARS]);
 
-extern const char * __get_key_name(struct lockdep_subclass_key *key, char *str);
+extern const char *__get_key_name(const struct lockdep_subclass_key *key,
+				  char *str);
 
 struct lock_class *lock_chain_get_class(struct lock_chain *chain, int i);
 
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep_proc.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep_proc.c
index bda006f8a88be11c83bdb6fce4b63b9bf8d6e608..ed9842425cac25d363d83c7781a02c28787978fa 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep_proc.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep_proc.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static void seq_lock_time(struct seq_file *m, struct lock_time *lt)
 
 static void seq_stats(struct seq_file *m, struct lock_stat_data *data)
 {
-	struct lockdep_subclass_key *ckey;
+	const struct lockdep_subclass_key *ckey;
 	struct lock_class_stats *stats;
 	struct lock_class *class;
 	const char *cname;