diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm0010.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm0010.c
index ad2fee4bb4cd..55fdf0f4406c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm0010.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm0010.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static void byte_swap_64(u64 *data_in, u64 *data_out, u32 len)
 		data_out[i] = cpu_to_be64(le64_to_cpu(data_in[i]));
 }
 
-static int wm0010_firmware_load(char *name, struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
+static int wm0010_firmware_load(const char *name, struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 {
 	struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(codec->dev);
 	struct wm0010_priv *wm0010 = snd_soc_codec_get_drvdata(codec);