diff --git a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
index 94949909e4e90810d8d8d30099ab1294b2402563..775efef0349cfc8cb4c46841f5551bdd6125b503 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/amba-pl08x.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ struct pl08x_dma_chan {
 	struct pl08x_phy_chan *phychan;
 	int phychan_hold;
 	struct tasklet_struct tasklet;
-	char *name;
+	const char *name;
 	const struct pl08x_channel_data *cd;
 	dma_addr_t src_addr;
 	dma_addr_t dst_addr;
diff --git a/include/linux/amba/pl08x.h b/include/linux/amba/pl08x.h
index 48d02bf66ec9d8e1ecc1bff495e2823aae427873..158ce2634b0131e97fe09427b7851606f087be0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/amba/pl08x.h
+++ b/include/linux/amba/pl08x.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ enum {
  * these buses (use PL08X_AHB1 | PL08X_AHB2).
  */
 struct pl08x_channel_data {
-	char *bus_id;
+	const char *bus_id;
 	int min_signal;
 	int max_signal;
 	u32 muxval;