diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index b04d4ee1d5331d1d72535c5c6ebf903ffd0a2c6b..b42059795819ab8ef6012992bfbe8d1700e45a76 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ static void nft_ctx_init(struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	ctx->seq	= nlh->nlmsg_seq;
 }
 
-static struct nft_trans *nft_trans_alloc(struct nft_ctx *ctx, int msg_type,
-					 u32 size)
+static struct nft_trans *nft_trans_alloc(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
+					 int msg_type, u32 size)
 {
 	struct nft_trans *trans;