diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index fdbbf72ca2e..7889c2f9b75 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ extern int vsscanf(const char *, const char *, va_list)
 
 extern int get_option(char **str, int *pint);
 extern char *get_options(const char *str, int nints, int *ints);
-extern unsigned long long memparse(char *ptr, char **retptr);
+extern unsigned long long memparse(const char *ptr, char **retptr);
 
 extern int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr);
 extern int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr);
diff --git a/lib/cmdline.c b/lib/cmdline.c
index 5ba8a942a47..f5f3ad8b62f 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ char *get_options(const char *str, int nints, int *ints)
  *	megabyte, or one gigabyte, respectively.
  */
 
-unsigned long long memparse(char *ptr, char **retptr)
+unsigned long long memparse(const char *ptr, char **retptr)
 {
 	char *endptr;	/* local pointer to end of parsed string */