diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 84f61cec6319..36ed50d4b276 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static struct attribute *hwmon_genattr(struct device *dev,
 	struct device_attribute *dattr;
 	struct attribute *a;
 	umode_t mode;
-	char *name;
+	const char *name;
 	bool is_string = is_string_attr(type, attr);
 
 	/* The attribute is invisible if there is no template string */
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static struct attribute *hwmon_genattr(struct device *dev,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	if (type == hwmon_chip) {
-		name = (char *)template;
+		name = template;
 	} else {
 		scnprintf(hattr->name, sizeof(hattr->name), template,
 			  index + hwmon_attr_base(type));