diff --git a/kernel/power/disk.c b/kernel/power/disk.c
index 81d4d982f3f097f55f02f427381f8871cac6f8cf..e13e740678456c6e20e97af70724fdebe2106dcd 100644
--- a/kernel/power/disk.c
+++ b/kernel/power/disk.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static int software_resume(void)
 late_initcall(software_resume);
 
 
-static char * pm_disk_modes[] = {
+static const char * const pm_disk_modes[] = {
 	[PM_DISK_FIRMWARE]	= "firmware",
 	[PM_DISK_PLATFORM]	= "platform",
 	[PM_DISK_SHUTDOWN]	= "shutdown",
diff --git a/kernel/power/main.c b/kernel/power/main.c
index cdf0f07af92f91dc58b1a441dcb66ff035b77db4..6d295c77679414f0e2c66a6a0ba3db643dc7d659 100644
--- a/kernel/power/main.c
+++ b/kernel/power/main.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void suspend_finish(suspend_state_t state)
 
 
 
-static char *pm_states[PM_SUSPEND_MAX] = {
+static const char * const pm_states[PM_SUSPEND_MAX] = {
 	[PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY]	= "standby",
 	[PM_SUSPEND_MEM]	= "mem",
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static ssize_t state_show(struct subsystem * subsys, char * buf)
 static ssize_t state_store(struct subsystem * subsys, const char * buf, size_t n)
 {
 	suspend_state_t state = PM_SUSPEND_STANDBY;
-	char ** s;
+	const char * const *s;
 	char *p;
 	int error;
 	int len;