2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/i8k.c b/drivers/char/i8k.c
index 0289705967de..cd406416effd 100644
--- a/drivers/char/i8k.c
+++ b/drivers/char/i8k.c
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ struct smm_regs {
         unsigned int edi __attribute__ ((packed));
 };
 
-static inline char *i8k_get_dmi_data(int field)
+static inline const char *i8k_get_dmi_data(int field)
 {
-        char *dmi_data = dmi_get_system_info(field);
+        const char *dmi_data = dmi_get_system_info(field);
 
         return dmi_data && *dmi_data ? dmi_data : "?";
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index dd441ff4af56..7901d5f218ec 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -1965,10 +1965,10 @@ struct dmi_ipmi_data
         u8              slave_addr;
 };
 
-static int __devinit decode_dmi(struct dmi_header *dm,
+static int __devinit decode_dmi(const struct dmi_header *dm,
                                 struct dmi_ipmi_data *dmi)
 {
-        u8              *data = (u8 *)dm;
+        const u8        *data = (const u8 *)dm;
         unsigned long   base_addr;
         u8              reg_spacing;
         u8              len = dm->length;
@@ -2091,13 +2091,14 @@ static __devinit void try_init_dmi(struct dmi_ipmi_data *ipmi_data)
 
 static void __devinit dmi_find_bmc(void)
 {
-        struct dmi_device    *dev = NULL;
+        const struct dmi_device *dev = NULL;
         struct dmi_ipmi_data data;
         int                  rv;
 
         while ((dev = dmi_find_device(DMI_DEV_TYPE_IPMI, NULL, dev))) {
                 memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
-                rv = decode_dmi((struct dmi_header *) dev->device_data, &data);
+                rv = decode_dmi((const struct dmi_header *) dev->device_data,
+                                &data);
                 if (!rv)
                         try_init_dmi(&data);
         }