diff --git a/include/net/request_sock.h b/include/net/request_sock.h
index 87935cad2f7b37eadd01d30a3d39a9f73d0145b9..ff7ce1e53ed47d69f9b1fae9a893ee9e503ad6c8 100644
--- a/include/net/request_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/request_sock.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct request_sock_ops {
 	int		obj_size;
 	struct kmem_cache	*slab;
 	char		*slab_name;
-	int		(*rtx_syn_ack)(struct sock *sk,
+	int		(*rtx_syn_ack)(const struct sock *sk,
 				       struct request_sock *req);
 	void		(*send_ack)(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				    struct request_sock *req);
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 868c535321695849464feaa82c176bcc274e9231..6630ab180f5cdf43ae41a2ee89454220387170c0 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ int tcp4_proc_init(void);
 void tcp4_proc_exit(void);
 #endif
 
-int tcp_rtx_synack(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req);
+int tcp_rtx_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req);
 int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 		     const struct tcp_request_sock_ops *af_ops,
 		     struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index ccf4c5629b3c8672f348a3ca29b0b6bd46cc23e8..a46ae9c69ccff88418ecd527ccc3127d2edb1e18 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static struct dst_entry* dccp_v4_route_skb(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 	return &rt->dst;
 }
 
-static int dccp_v4_send_response(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
+static int dccp_v4_send_response(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
 {
 	int err = -1;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv6.c b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
index 5165571f397aa6d40da19d36287ca8339852ab54..4fa199dc69a3878ca31d35a4d5f753ae9adcb0d6 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static void dccp_v6_err(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_skb_parm *opt,
 }
 
 
-static int dccp_v6_send_response(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
+static int dccp_v6_send_response(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
 {
 	struct inet_request_sock *ireq = inet_rsk(req);
 	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 9eb67a8933f14cb73d007b00af133577fd26d498..53ce6cf555984b67fe6e53f4d615e50095731202 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3502,7 +3502,7 @@ void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *sk)
 				  TCP_RTO_MAX);
 }
 
-int tcp_rtx_synack(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
+int tcp_rtx_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
 {
 	const struct tcp_request_sock_ops *af_ops = tcp_rsk(req)->af_specific;
 	struct flowi fl;