diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index e78a5ad..feacfb7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@
 	int error;
 	char *filename;
 
-	filename = getname((char __user *) a0);
+	filename = getname((const char __user *) a0);
 	error = PTR_ERR(filename);
 	if (IS_ERR(filename))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
index 19471a1..20fd701 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
 	return sys_pread64(fd, ubuf, count, ((loff_t)poshi << 32) | poslo);
 }
 
-compat_ssize_t compat_sys_pwrite64(unsigned int fd, char __user *ubuf, compat_size_t count,
+compat_ssize_t compat_sys_pwrite64(unsigned int fd, const char __user *ubuf, compat_size_t count,
 			      u32 reg6, u32 poshi, u32 poslo)
 {
 	return sys_pwrite64(fd, ubuf, count, ((loff_t)poshi << 32) | poslo);