diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
index 7e93eb1f33eb4190cff10170e67ce2a89a53c769..944cd90417bcc9b2a51d27f903feffad6f2307ea 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static const char * const cma_events[] = {
 	[RDMA_CM_EVENT_TIMEWAIT_EXIT]	 = "timewait exit",
 };
 
-const char *rdma_event_msg(enum rdma_cm_event_type event)
+const char *__attribute_const__ rdma_event_msg(enum rdma_cm_event_type event)
 {
 	size_t index = event;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index e2e53f9d7a22c91e71d25320ac74ab178658b5df..043a60ee6836db72e498410ebd80e004ed220c7d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static const char * const ib_events[] = {
 	[IB_EVENT_GID_CHANGE]		= "GID changed",
 };
 
-const char *ib_event_msg(enum ib_event_type event)
+const char *__attribute_const__ ib_event_msg(enum ib_event_type event)
 {
 	size_t index = event;
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static const char * const wc_statuses[] = {
 	[IB_WC_GENERAL_ERR]		= "general error",
 };
 
-const char *ib_wc_status_msg(enum ib_wc_status status)
+const char *__attribute_const__ ib_wc_status_msg(enum ib_wc_status status)
 {
 	size_t index = status;
 
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 324e9bf8e66cc3bfb5a4873cbf9480d4a1832859..9a68a19532ba57c27042cec499843f3cebfa273c 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ enum ib_event_type {
 	IB_EVENT_GID_CHANGE,
 };
 
-__attribute_const__ const char *ib_event_msg(enum ib_event_type event);
+const char *__attribute_const__ ib_event_msg(enum ib_event_type event);
 
 struct ib_event {
 	struct ib_device	*device;
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ enum ib_wc_status {
 	IB_WC_GENERAL_ERR
 };
 
-__attribute_const__ const char *ib_wc_status_msg(enum ib_wc_status status);
+const char *__attribute_const__ ib_wc_status_msg(enum ib_wc_status status);
 
 enum ib_wc_opcode {
 	IB_WC_SEND,
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_cm.h b/include/rdma/rdma_cm.h
index 463ec0ccbe517239954ebed1b900b8e2035570cb..afe44fde72a56599cb0dd1674078210a78438ae4 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdma_cm.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_cm.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ enum rdma_cm_event_type {
 	RDMA_CM_EVENT_TIMEWAIT_EXIT
 };
 
-__attribute_const__ const char *rdma_event_msg(enum rdma_cm_event_type event);
+const char *__attribute_const__ rdma_event_msg(enum rdma_cm_event_type event);
 
 enum rdma_port_space {
 	RDMA_PS_SDP   = 0x0001,