1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c
index 68e5ab0443d2..124dbcba94a8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH, ibmebusdev_show_name,
                    NULL);
 
 static struct ibmebus_dev* __devinit ibmebus_register_device_common(
-        struct ibmebus_dev *dev, char *name)
+        struct ibmebus_dev *dev, const char *name)
 {
         int err = 0;
 
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ static struct ibmebus_dev* __devinit ibmebus_register_device_node(
         struct device_node *dn)
 {
         struct ibmebus_dev *dev;
-        char *loc_code;
+        const char *loc_code;
         int length;
 
-        loc_code = (char *)get_property(dn, "ibm,loc-code", NULL);
+        loc_code = get_property(dn, "ibm,loc-code", NULL);
         if (!loc_code) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: node %s missing 'ibm,loc-code'\n",
                        __FUNCTION__, dn->name ? dn->name : "<unknown>");