diff --git a/include/linux/time64.h b/include/linux/time64.h
index 2fb8232cff1d..f1bcea8c124a 100644
--- a/include/linux/time64.h
+++ b/include/linux/time64.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static inline s64 timespec64_to_ns(const struct timespec64 *ts)
  *
  * Returns the timespec64 representation of the nsec parameter.
  */
-extern struct timespec64 ns_to_timespec64(const s64 nsec);
+extern struct timespec64 ns_to_timespec64(s64 nsec);
 
 /**
  * timespec64_add_ns - Adds nanoseconds to a timespec64
diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index 29923b20e0e4..526257b3727c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ time64_t mktime64(const unsigned int year0, const unsigned int mon0,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mktime64);
 
-struct __kernel_old_timeval ns_to_kernel_old_timeval(const s64 nsec)
+struct __kernel_old_timeval ns_to_kernel_old_timeval(s64 nsec)
 {
 	struct timespec64 ts = ns_to_timespec64(nsec);
 	struct __kernel_old_timeval tv;
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_normalized_timespec64);
  *
  * Returns the timespec64 representation of the nsec parameter.
  */
-struct timespec64 ns_to_timespec64(const s64 nsec)
+struct timespec64 ns_to_timespec64(s64 nsec)
 {
 	struct timespec64 ts = { 0, 0 };
 	s32 rem;