diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
index 50a8486c524b..505d0481df1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
@@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ int sg_alloc_table_from_pages(struct sg_table *sgt,
 	gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
 size_t sg_copy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
-			   void *buf, size_t buflen);
+			   const void *buf, size_t buflen);
 size_t sg_copy_to_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
 			 void *buf, size_t buflen);
 
 size_t sg_pcopy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
-			    void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip);
+			    const void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip);
 size_t sg_pcopy_to_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
 			  void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip);
 
diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index 965c36e7a5a4..317b62c6da3c 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -701,9 +701,9 @@ static size_t sg_copy_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
  *
  **/
 size_t sg_copy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
-			   void *buf, size_t buflen)
+			   const void *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
-	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, 0, false);
+	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, (void *)buf, buflen, 0, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_copy_from_buffer);
 
@@ -736,9 +736,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_copy_to_buffer);
  *
  **/
 size_t sg_pcopy_from_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents,
-			    void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip)
+			    const void *buf, size_t buflen, off_t skip)
 {
-	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, buf, buflen, skip, false);
+	return sg_copy_buffer(sgl, nents, (void *)buf, buflen, skip, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_pcopy_from_buffer);