diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index fe5df5457656e43fa2757a37b322c106b63af17f..99800e564157ed5d3bb78b6e80c6d7f5b7d32051 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ generic_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
-struct xattr_handler generic_acl_access_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler generic_acl_access_handler = {
 	.prefix = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
 	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
 	.list	= generic_acl_list,
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ struct xattr_handler generic_acl_access_handler = {
 	.set	= generic_acl_set,
 };
 
-struct xattr_handler generic_acl_default_handler = {
+const struct xattr_handler generic_acl_default_handler = {
 	.prefix = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT,
 	.flags	= ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
 	.list	= generic_acl_list,
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 46f87e828b484ebabf84422150eb8b9938481971..01bb8135e14aafcc4b8782b749374e6b79049afc 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -590,10 +590,10 @@ strcmp_prefix(const char *a, const char *a_prefix)
 /*
  * Find the xattr_handler with the matching prefix.
  */
-static struct xattr_handler *
-xattr_resolve_name(struct xattr_handler **handlers, const char **name)
+static const struct xattr_handler *
+xattr_resolve_name(const struct xattr_handler **handlers, const char **name)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	if (!*name)
 		return NULL;
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ xattr_resolve_name(struct xattr_handler **handlers, const char **name)
 ssize_t
 generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	handler = xattr_resolve_name(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, &name);
 	if (!handler)
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t s
 ssize_t
 generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler, **handlers = dentry->d_sb->s_xattr;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler, **handlers = dentry->d_sb->s_xattr;
 	unsigned int size = 0;
 
 	if (!buffer) {
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 int
 generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	if (size == 0)
 		value = "";  /* empty EA, do not remove */
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, siz
 int
 generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	handler = xattr_resolve_name(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, &name);
 	if (!handler)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d51256bc6328fdbd7c9759385d80a7ef7f7ad73e..6660db898c412adfaac260ddab78aa5ed4ef398f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ struct super_block {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
 	void                    *s_security;
 #endif
-	struct xattr_handler	**s_xattr;
+	const struct xattr_handler **s_xattr;
 
 	struct list_head	s_inodes;	/* all inodes */
 	struct hlist_head	s_anon;		/* anonymous dentries for (nfs) exporting */
diff --git a/include/linux/generic_acl.h b/include/linux/generic_acl.h
index ca666d18ed6769418d1de90e45b690ec9e9eae36..574bea4013b618d0816d2280ced3670fa4e75bd4 100644
--- a/include/linux/generic_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/generic_acl.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 struct inode;
 
-extern struct xattr_handler generic_acl_access_handler;
-extern struct xattr_handler generic_acl_default_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler generic_acl_access_handler;
+extern const struct xattr_handler generic_acl_default_handler;
 
 int generic_acl_init(struct inode *, struct inode *);
 int generic_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
index fb9b7e6e1e2d74f5750248efff6cb9cc956b2a18..0cfa1e9c4cc152239895304d67c6d1500cff7044 100644
--- a/include/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct inode;
 struct dentry;
 
 struct xattr_handler {
-	char *prefix;
+	const char *prefix;
 	int flags;	/* fs private flags passed back to the handlers */
 	size_t (*list)(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t list_size,
 		       const char *name, size_t name_len, int handler_flags);
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index eef4ebea51581f9aa8a6d2244f8ce5fa57f99c22..717aa62ff127efb05125d0b6c510c259f53e9c24 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2071,14 +2071,14 @@ static int shmem_xattr_security_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 					  size, flags);
 }
 
-static struct xattr_handler shmem_xattr_security_handler = {
+static const struct xattr_handler shmem_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.list   = shmem_xattr_security_list,
 	.get    = shmem_xattr_security_get,
 	.set    = shmem_xattr_security_set,
 };
 
-static struct xattr_handler *shmem_xattr_handlers[] = {
+static const struct xattr_handler *shmem_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&generic_acl_access_handler,
 	&generic_acl_default_handler,
 	&shmem_xattr_security_handler,