diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 87759165d32b..ee93c825b06b 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static inline int ovl_do_setxattr(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
 				  size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	int err = vfs_setxattr(ovl_upper_mnt_userns(ofs), dentry, name,
-			       (void *)value, size, flags);
+			       value, size, flags);
 
 	pr_debug("setxattr(%pd2, \"%s\", \"%*pE\", %zu, %d) = %i\n",
 		 dentry, name, min((int)size, 48), value, size, flags, err);
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 3ac68ec0c023..74fc8e021ebc 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static inline bool is_posix_acl_xattr(const char *name)
 
 int
 vfs_setxattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry,
-	     const char *name, void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+	     const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL;
@@ -298,8 +298,7 @@ vfs_setxattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry,
 	int error;
 
 	if (size && strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_CAPS) == 0) {
-		error = cap_convert_nscap(mnt_userns, dentry,
-					  (const void **)&value, size);
+		error = cap_convert_nscap(mnt_userns, dentry, &value, size);
 		if (error < 0)
 			return error;
 		size = error;
diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
index 979a9d3e5bfb..4c379d23ec6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_locked(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *,
 			  const char *, const void *, size_t, int,
 			  struct inode **);
 int vfs_setxattr(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *, const char *,
-		 void *, size_t, int);
+		 const void *, size_t, int);
 int __vfs_removexattr(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *, const char *);
 int __vfs_removexattr_locked(struct user_namespace *, struct dentry *,
 			     const char *, struct inode **);