diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
index cd145eda357950b66b1ad2f05f55bd0094df6006..49b5e1eb32622abbdab4b3631207460bc80a1e14 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static long execve1(const char *file,
 	return error;
 }
 
-long um_execve(const char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user *env)
+long um_execve(const char *file, const char __user *const __user *argv, const char __user *const __user *env)
 {
 	long err;
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ long um_execve(const char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user
 	return err;
 }
 
-long sys_execve(const char __user *file, char __user *__user *argv,
-		char __user *__user *env)
+long sys_execve(const char __user *file, const char __user *const __user *argv,
+		const char __user *const __user *env)
 {
 	long error;
 	char *filename;
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/internal.h b/arch/um/kernel/internal.h
index 1303a105fe91dc5aabca314e4e94faf8573b9c65..5bf97db24a046283f8704e2f7e0ee91e7b4d4844 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/internal.h
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/internal.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-extern long um_execve(const char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user *env);
+extern long um_execve(const char *file, const char __user *const __user *argv, const char __user *const __user *env);
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c
index 5ddb246626dbb87afe7484b87c0c495c8643de8f..f958cb876ee3d3e47ddff71094e8026c0a110f5d 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
 
 	fs = get_fs();
 	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	ret = um_execve(filename, (char __user *__user *)argv,
-			(char __user *__user *) envp);
+	ret = um_execve(filename, (const char __user *const __user *)argv,
+			(const char __user *const __user *) envp);
 	set_fs(fs);
 
 	return ret;