diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h
index bdc842e9faef..9879568aed8c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 #define INIT_UDATA(udata, ibuf, obuf, ilen, olen)			\
 	do {								\
-		(udata)->inbuf  = (void __user *) (ibuf);		\
+		(udata)->inbuf  = (const void __user *) (ibuf);		\
 		(udata)->outbuf = (void __user *) (obuf);		\
 		(udata)->inlen  = (ilen);				\
 		(udata)->outlen = (olen);				\
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 979874c627ee..61e1935c91b1 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ struct ib_uobject {
 };
 
 struct ib_udata {
-	void __user *inbuf;
+	const void __user *inbuf;
 	void __user *outbuf;
 	size_t       inlen;
 	size_t       outlen;