diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c
index d723947a8542dc2283c747036ecedd9ad2aa7bac..238a6be00d46703f1304a1468da7df8ccda63550 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct rxe_type_info rxe_type_info[RXE_NUM_TYPES] = {
 	},
 };
 
-static inline char *pool_name(struct rxe_pool *pool)
+static inline const char *pool_name(struct rxe_pool *pool)
 {
 	return rxe_type_info[pool->type].name;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h
index 4d04830adcaefd2f0cc07d3b790d77a63e2c85c7..7846ccc58b25d954b138777284adeaa931c5e220 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ enum rxe_elem_type {
 };
 
 struct rxe_type_info {
-	char			*name;
+	const char		*name;
 	size_t			size;
 	void			(*cleanup)(void *obj);
 	enum rxe_pool_flags	flags;