diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index f4ebf96f5308..f1553196826f 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_select(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp,
 #define BITS_TO_COMPAT_LONGS(bits) \
 	(((bits)+BITS_PER_COMPAT_LONG-1)/BITS_PER_COMPAT_LONG)
 
-long compat_get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, compat_ulong_t __user *umask,
+long compat_get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, const compat_ulong_t __user *umask,
 		       unsigned long bitmap_size);
 long compat_put_bitmap(compat_ulong_t __user *umask, unsigned long *mask,
 		       unsigned long bitmap_size);
diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index 75573e5d27b0..d4898aad6cfa 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ int get_compat_sigevent(struct sigevent *event,
 		? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
-long compat_get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, compat_ulong_t __user *umask,
+long compat_get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, const compat_ulong_t __user *umask,
 		       unsigned long bitmap_size)
 {
 	int i, j;