diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index 7b38c2b9c31d67f1e5f1cfea9de4d835e8cdb23a..8d16f0204985ad3997c00dd9ba479b890d213393 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int brcmf_net_p2p_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
 }
 
 struct brcmf_if *brcmf_add_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx, s32 ifidx,
-			      bool is_p2pdev, char *name, u8 *mac_addr)
+			      bool is_p2pdev, const char *name, u8 *mac_addr)
 {
 	struct brcmf_if *ifp;
 	struct net_device *ndev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h
index a0a6f7f1632cf1d0af312219d36b1bdd93c0e3c4..8fa34cad5a9611742ba13a21d19d411edf75bc35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ char *brcmf_ifname(struct brcmf_if *ifp);
 struct brcmf_if *brcmf_get_ifp(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, int ifidx);
 int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked);
 struct brcmf_if *brcmf_add_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx, s32 ifidx,
-			      bool is_p2pdev, char *name, u8 *mac_addr);
+			      bool is_p2pdev, const char *name, u8 *mac_addr);
 void brcmf_remove_interface(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked);
 void brcmf_txflowblock_if(struct brcmf_if *ifp,
 			  enum brcmf_netif_stop_reason reason, bool state);