diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index e39b6fa0eda6..e4b18f7ac58a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2387,9 +2387,9 @@ static const char *dev_uevent_name(const struct kobject *kobj)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int dev_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+static int dev_uevent(const struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
-	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
+	const struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	int retval = 0;
 
 	/* add device node properties if present */
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index d0b4e2181a5f..9b6cfc4c30e3 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ static int do_uevent(struct dlm_ls *ls, int in)
 	return ls->ls_uevent_result;
 }
 
-static int dlm_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+static int dlm_uevent(const struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
-	struct dlm_ls *ls = container_of(kobj, struct dlm_ls, ls_kobj);
+	const struct dlm_ls *ls = container_of(kobj, struct dlm_ls, ls_kobj);
 
 	add_uevent_var(env, "LOCKSPACE=%s", ls->ls_name);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/sys.c b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
index d87ea98cf535..d8dfabb0bc12 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/sys.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
@@ -767,10 +767,10 @@ void gfs2_sys_fs_del(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	wait_for_completion(&sdp->sd_kobj_unregister);
 }
 
-static int gfs2_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+static int gfs2_uevent(const struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
-	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = container_of(kobj, struct gfs2_sbd, sd_kobj);
-	struct super_block *s = sdp->sd_vfs;
+	const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = container_of(kobj, struct gfs2_sbd, sd_kobj);
+	const struct super_block *s = sdp->sd_vfs;
 
 	add_uevent_var(env, "LOCKTABLE=%s", sdp->sd_table_name);
 	add_uevent_var(env, "LOCKPROTO=%s", sdp->sd_proto_name);
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 58a5b75612e3..bdab370a24f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct kobj_uevent_env {
 struct kset_uevent_ops {
 	int (* const filter)(const struct kobject *kobj);
 	const char *(* const name)(const struct kobject *kobj);
-	int (* const uevent)(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
+	int (* const uevent)(const struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 };
 
 struct kobj_attribute {