diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c
index a9859d2b256590bf26755ba29f0e94e3aa8770b7..a6809bc9ab9db882397f23e3bb64bb59d5bf1469 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_32.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static char * __init build_full_name(struct device_node *dp)
 	return n;
 }
 
-static char * __init get_one_property(phandle node, char *name)
+static char * __init get_one_property(phandle node, const char *name)
 {
 	char *buf = "<NULL>";
 	int len;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
index e3969db4d58bd85690ea4b03edb29d2e6b06d12f..ce96c1cf6c3a080251d215f7044043f72b69a9b7 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_64.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static char * __init get_one_property(phandle node, const char *name)
 	len = prom_getproplen(node, name);
 	if (len > 0) {
 		buf = prom_early_alloc(len);
-		prom_getproperty(node, name, buf, len);
+		len = prom_getproperty(node, name, buf, len);
 	}
 
 	return buf;