diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/common.c
index 9f9fbfa6da0d970f0126c2711c4d5b5cf2532ddc..bcb6a7ba84e9ee4640d1b31e51f734354dff2378 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/common.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int __init davinci_init_id(struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-void __init davinci_common_init(struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info)
+void __init davinci_common_init(const struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info)
 {
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/common.h
index 037aa66bcac1687d3cc0ffe17494a9df01a66125..433a008ff796c43c07cae0c4e5ca8920526e7199 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/common.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct davinci_soc_info {
 
 extern struct davinci_soc_info davinci_soc_info;
 
-extern void davinci_common_init(struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info);
+extern void davinci_common_init(const struct davinci_soc_info *soc_info);
 extern void davinci_init_ide(void);
 void davinci_restart(enum reboot_mode mode, const char *cmd);
 void davinci_init_late(void);