diff --git a/include/linux/relay.h b/include/linux/relay.h
index 99d024475ba5..72b876dd5cb8 100644
--- a/include/linux/relay.h
+++ b/include/linux/relay.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct rchan
 	size_t subbuf_size;		/* sub-buffer size */
 	size_t n_subbufs;		/* number of sub-buffers per buffer */
 	size_t alloc_size;		/* total buffer size allocated */
-	struct rchan_callbacks *cb;	/* client callbacks */
+	const struct rchan_callbacks *cb; /* client callbacks */
 	struct kref kref;		/* channel refcount */
 	void *private_data;		/* for user-defined data */
 	size_t last_toobig;		/* tried to log event > subbuf size */
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 			 struct dentry *parent,
 			 size_t subbuf_size,
 			 size_t n_subbufs,
-			 struct rchan_callbacks *cb,
+			 const struct rchan_callbacks *cb,
 			 void *private_data);
 extern int relay_late_setup_files(struct rchan *chan,
 				  const char *base_filename,
diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
index dd4ec4ec07f3..d1a67fbb819d 100644
--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -252,23 +252,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_buf_full);
  * High-level relay kernel API and associated functions.
  */
 
-/*
- * rchan_callback implementations defining default channel behavior.  Used
- * in place of corresponding NULL values in client callback struct.
- */
-
-/*
- * subbuf_start() default callback.  Does nothing.
- */
-static int subbuf_start_default_callback (struct rchan_buf *buf,
-					  void *subbuf,
-					  void *prev_subbuf,
-					  size_t prev_padding)
+static int relay_subbuf_start(struct rchan_buf *buf, void *subbuf,
+			      void *prev_subbuf, size_t prev_padding)
 {
-	if (relay_buf_full(buf))
-		return 0;
+	if (!buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start)
+		return !relay_buf_full(buf);
 
-	return 1;
+	return buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start(buf, subbuf,
+					   prev_subbuf, prev_padding);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -314,7 +305,7 @@ static void __relay_reset(struct rchan_buf *buf, unsigned int init)
 	for (i = 0; i < buf->chan->n_subbufs; i++)
 		buf->padding[i] = 0;
 
-	buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start(buf, buf->data, NULL, 0);
+	relay_subbuf_start(buf, buf->data, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -442,14 +433,6 @@ static void relay_close_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf)
 	kref_put(&buf->kref, relay_remove_buf);
 }
 
-static void setup_callbacks(struct rchan *chan,
-				   struct rchan_callbacks *cb)
-{
-	if (!cb->subbuf_start)
-		cb->subbuf_start = subbuf_start_default_callback;
-	chan->cb = cb;
-}
-
 int relay_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct rchan *chan;
@@ -495,7 +478,7 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 			 struct dentry *parent,
 			 size_t subbuf_size,
 			 size_t n_subbufs,
-			 struct rchan_callbacks *cb,
+			 const struct rchan_callbacks *cb,
 			 void *private_data)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -529,7 +512,7 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 		chan->has_base_filename = 1;
 		strlcpy(chan->base_filename, base_filename, NAME_MAX);
 	}
-	setup_callbacks(chan, cb);
+	chan->cb = cb;
 	kref_init(&chan->kref);
 
 	mutex_lock(&relay_channels_mutex);
@@ -712,7 +695,7 @@ size_t relay_switch_subbuf(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t length)
 	new_subbuf = buf->subbufs_produced % buf->chan->n_subbufs;
 	new = buf->start + new_subbuf * buf->chan->subbuf_size;
 	buf->offset = 0;
-	if (!buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start(buf, new, old, buf->prev_padding)) {
+	if (!relay_subbuf_start(buf, new, old, buf->prev_padding)) {
 		buf->offset = buf->chan->subbuf_size + 1;
 		return 0;
 	}