diff --git a/security/integrity/digsig.c b/security/integrity/digsig.c
index 5e3bd72b299a..36fb6b527829 100644
--- a/security/integrity/digsig.c
+++ b/security/integrity/digsig.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int __init integrity_init_keyring(const unsigned int id)
 	return err;
 }
 
-int __init integrity_load_x509(const unsigned int id, char *path)
+int __init integrity_load_x509(const unsigned int id, const char *path)
 {
 	key_ref_t key;
 	char *data;
diff --git a/security/integrity/iint.c b/security/integrity/iint.c
index dbb6d141c3db..3d2f5b45c8cb 100644
--- a/security/integrity/iint.c
+++ b/security/integrity/iint.c
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ int __init integrity_read_file(const char *path, char **data)
 	char *buf;
 	int rc = -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!path || !*path)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	file = filp_open(path, O_RDONLY, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(file);
diff --git a/security/integrity/integrity.h b/security/integrity/integrity.h
index 0fc9519fefa9..9c6168709d3b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/integrity.h
+++ b/security/integrity/integrity.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int integrity_digsig_verify(const unsigned int id, const char *sig, int siglen,
 			    const char *digest, int digestlen);
 
 int __init integrity_init_keyring(const unsigned int id);
-int __init integrity_load_x509(const unsigned int id, char *path);
+int __init integrity_load_x509(const unsigned int id, const char *path);
 #else
 
 static inline int integrity_digsig_verify(const unsigned int id,