diff --git a/include/net/fib_rules.h b/include/net/fib_rules.h
index ed3a887..83e41dd 100644
--- a/include/net/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/net/fib_rules.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	void			(*flush_cache)(void);
 
 	int			nlgroup;
-	struct nla_policy	*policy;
+	const struct nla_policy	*policy;
 	struct list_head	*rules_list;
 	struct module		*owner;
 };
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index adff4c8..b6eaca1 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 {
 	u8			cmd;
 	unsigned int		flags;
-	struct nla_policy	*policy;
+	const struct nla_policy	*policy;
 	int		       (*doit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       struct genl_info *info);
 	int		       (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 5a4a0366..69252cb 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES */
 
 /* Exported by fib_frontend.c */
-extern struct nla_policy rtm_ipv4_policy[];
+extern const struct nla_policy rtm_ipv4_policy[];
 extern void		ip_fib_init(void);
 extern int fib_validate_source(__be32 src, __be32 dst, u8 tos, int oif,
 			       struct net_device *dev, __be32 *spec_dst, u32 *itag);
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 0bf325c..7b510a9 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@
 				     gfp_t flags);
 
 extern int		nla_validate(struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
-				     struct nla_policy *policy);
+				     const struct nla_policy *policy);
 extern int		nla_parse(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
 				  struct nlattr *head, int len,
-				  struct nla_policy *policy);
+				  const struct nla_policy *policy);
 extern struct nlattr *	nla_find(struct nlattr *head, int len, int attrtype);
 extern size_t		nla_strlcpy(char *dst, const struct nlattr *nla,
 				    size_t dstsize);
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
  */
 static inline int nlmsg_parse(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen,
 			      struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
-			      struct nla_policy *policy)
+			      const struct nla_policy *policy)
 {
 	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
  * @policy: validation policy
  */
 static inline int nlmsg_validate(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen, int maxtype,
-				 struct nla_policy *policy)
+				 const struct nla_policy *policy)
 {
 	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@
  */
 static inline int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
 				   struct nlattr *nla,
-				   struct nla_policy *policy)
+				   const struct nla_policy *policy)
 {
 	return nla_parse(tb, maxtype, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), policy);
 }
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@
  * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
  */
 static inline int nla_validate_nested(struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
-				      struct nla_policy *policy)
+				      const struct nla_policy *policy)
 {
 	return nla_validate(nla_data(start), nla_len(start), maxtype, policy);
 }