diff --git a/sound/sh/aica.c b/sound/sh/aica.c
index 52e9cfb4f819..8421b2f9c9f3 100644
--- a/sound/sh/aica.c
+++ b/sound/sh/aica.c
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ static void spu_memset(u32 toi, u32 what, int length)
 }
 
 /* spu_memload - write to SPU address space */
-static void spu_memload(u32 toi, void *from, int length)
+static void spu_memload(u32 toi, const void *from, int length)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	u32 *froml = from;
+	const u32 *froml = from;
 	u32 __iomem *to = (u32 __iomem *) (SPU_MEMORY_BASE + toi);
 	int i;
 	u32 val;