diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 068aa1c9538..44bad73d819 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static inline int device_is_not_partition(struct device *dev)
  * it is attached to.  If it is not attached to a bus either, an empty
  * string will be returned.
  */
-const char *dev_driver_string(struct device *dev)
+const char *dev_driver_string(const struct device *dev)
 {
 	return dev->driver ? dev->driver->name :
 			(dev->bus ? dev->bus->name :
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index d24a47f80f9..a701c1b5184 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ struct device {
 /* Get the wakeup routines, which depend on struct device */
 #include <linux/pm_wakeup.h>
 
-static inline const char *dev_name(struct device *dev)
+static inline const char *dev_name(const struct device *dev)
 {
 	/* will be changed into kobject_name(&dev->kobj) in the near future */
 	return dev->bus_id;
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ extern void device_shutdown(void);
 extern void sysdev_shutdown(void);
 
 /* debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
-extern const char *dev_driver_string(struct device *dev);
+extern const char *dev_driver_string(const struct device *dev);
 #define dev_printk(level, dev, format, arg...)	\
 	printk(level "%s %s: " format , dev_driver_string(dev) , \
 	       dev_name(dev) , ## arg)