diff --git a/include/linux/trace_seq.h b/include/linux/trace_seq.h
index 7dadc3d..a32d86e 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_seq.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_seq.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 extern int trace_seq_putmem_hex(struct trace_seq *s, const void *mem,
 				size_t len);
 extern void *trace_seq_reserve(struct trace_seq *s, size_t len);
-extern int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, struct path *path);
+extern int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, const struct path *path);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_TRACING */
 static inline int trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
-static inline int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, struct path *path)
+static inline int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, const struct path *path)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index 0d6ff35..6909871 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, struct path *path)
+int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, const struct path *path)
 {
 	unsigned char *p;