diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c
index 78d621290a35..de3cbf152dee 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void acpi_platform_fill_resource(struct acpi_device *adev,
  * Name of the platform device will be the same as @adev's.
  */
 struct platform_device *acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
-					struct property_entry *properties)
+						    const struct property_entry *properties)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = NULL;
 	struct platform_device_info pdevinfo;
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 6274758648e3..9ac545379447 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ int acpi_device_uevent_modalias(struct device *, struct kobj_uevent_env *);
 int acpi_device_modalias(struct device *, char *, int);
 
 struct platform_device *acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *,
-						    struct property_entry *);
+						    const struct property_entry *);
 #define ACPI_PTR(_ptr)	(_ptr)
 
 static inline void acpi_device_set_enumerated(struct acpi_device *adev)
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static inline int acpi_device_modalias(struct device *dev,
 
 static inline struct platform_device *
 acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
-			    struct property_entry *properties)
+			    const struct property_entry *properties)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }