diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index dba43c3ea3af..4023d6be939b 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_printf);
  *      Returns pointer past last written character in @s, or NULL in case of
  *      failure.
  */
-char *mangle_path(char *s, char *p, char *esc)
+char *mangle_path(char *s, const char *p, const char *esc)
 {
 	while (s <= p) {
 		char c = *p++;
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mangle_path);
  * return the absolute path of 'path', as represented by the
  * dentry / mnt pair in the path parameter.
  */
-int seq_path(struct seq_file *m, struct path *path, char *esc)
+int seq_path(struct seq_file *m, const struct path *path, const char *esc)
 {
 	char *buf;
 	size_t size = seq_get_buf(m, &buf);
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_path);
 /*
  * Same as seq_path, but relative to supplied root.
  */
-int seq_path_root(struct seq_file *m, struct path *path, struct path *root,
-		  char *esc)
+int seq_path_root(struct seq_file *m, const struct path *path,
+		  const struct path *root, const char *esc)
 {
 	char *buf;
 	size_t size = seq_get_buf(m, &buf);
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ int seq_path_root(struct seq_file *m, struct path *path, struct path *root,
 /*
  * returns the path of the 'dentry' from the root of its filesystem.
  */
-int seq_dentry(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *dentry, char *esc)
+int seq_dentry(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *dentry, const char *esc)
 {
 	char *buf;
 	size_t size = seq_get_buf(m, &buf);
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index 0b69a4684216..44f1514b00ba 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static inline void seq_commit(struct seq_file *m, int num)
 	}
 }
 
-char *mangle_path(char *s, char *p, char *esc);
+char *mangle_path(char *s, const char *p, const char *esc);
 int seq_open(struct file *, const struct seq_operations *);
 ssize_t seq_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 loff_t seq_lseek(struct file *, loff_t, int);
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ int seq_write(struct seq_file *seq, const void *data, size_t len);
 
 __printf(2, 3) int seq_printf(struct seq_file *, const char *, ...);
 
-int seq_path(struct seq_file *, struct path *, char *);
-int seq_dentry(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *, char *);
-int seq_path_root(struct seq_file *m, struct path *path, struct path *root,
-		  char *esc);
+int seq_path(struct seq_file *, const struct path *, const char *);
+int seq_dentry(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *, const char *);
+int seq_path_root(struct seq_file *m, const struct path *path,
+		  const struct path *root, const char *esc);
 int seq_bitmap(struct seq_file *m, const unsigned long *bits,
 				   unsigned int nr_bits);
 static inline int seq_cpumask(struct seq_file *m, const struct cpumask *mask)