diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h
index a5b739967b74f46f745526952b1c947c236cf75a..55cee172d723914eed0770f178f95ae6bd7b122b 100644
--- a/include/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/linux/time.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static inline int timespec_equal(struct timespec *a, struct timespec *b)
  * lhs == rhs: return 0
  * lhs > rhs:  return >0
  */
-static inline int timespec_compare(struct timespec *lhs, struct timespec *rhs)
+static inline int timespec_compare(const struct timespec *lhs, const struct timespec *rhs)
 {
 	if (lhs->tv_sec < rhs->tv_sec)
 		return -1;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static inline int timespec_compare(struct timespec *lhs, struct timespec *rhs)
 	return lhs->tv_nsec - rhs->tv_nsec;
 }
 
-static inline int timeval_compare(struct timeval *lhs, struct timeval *rhs)
+static inline int timeval_compare(const struct timeval *lhs, const struct timeval *rhs)
 {
 	if (lhs->tv_sec < rhs->tv_sec)
 		return -1;