diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 014f26c7864f..0cff7fe986e8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ extern int CIFSSMBRename(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 			const struct nls_table *nls_codepage,
 			int remap_special_chars);
 extern int CIFSSMBRenameOpenFile(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon,
-			int netfid, char *target_name,
+			int netfid, const char *target_name,
 			const struct nls_table *nls_codepage,
 			int remap_special_chars);
 extern int CIFSCreateHardLink(const int xid,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 7b365842bfa1..7504d1514c77 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ renameRetry:
 }
 
 int CIFSSMBRenameOpenFile(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon,
-		int netfid, char *target_name,
+		int netfid, const char *target_name,
 		const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap)
 {
 	struct smb_com_transaction2_sfi_req *pSMB  = NULL;
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ int CIFSSMBRenameOpenFile(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon,
 					remap);
 	}
 	rename_info->target_name_len = cpu_to_le32(2 * len_of_str);
-	count = 12 /* sizeof(struct set_file_rename) */ + (2 * len_of_str) + 2;
+	count = 12 /* sizeof(struct set_file_rename) */ + (2 * len_of_str);
 	byte_count += count;
 	pSMB->DataCount = cpu_to_le16(count);
 	pSMB->TotalDataCount = pSMB->DataCount;