diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 7a24895543e7..a7c06374062e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister);
  * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
 struct platform_device *platform_device_register_full(
-		struct platform_device_info *pdevinfo)
+		const struct platform_device_info *pdevinfo)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 165a8d175370..5622fa24e97b 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct platform_device_info {
 		u64 dma_mask;
 };
 extern struct platform_device *platform_device_register_full(
-		struct platform_device_info *pdevinfo);
+		const struct platform_device_info *pdevinfo);
 
 /**
  * platform_device_register_resndata - add a platform-level device with