diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index d1ab6ab..d1b2d80 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@
 }
 
 int ipv6_chk_addr(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *addr,
-		  struct net_device *dev, int strict)
+		  const struct net_device *dev, int strict)
 {
 	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp;
 	unsigned int hash = inet6_addr_hash(addr);