diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 9fd4a8534146..264b3a2cd860 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ firmware_data_write(struct kobject *kobj, struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
 
-	memcpy(fw->data + offset, buffer, count);
+	memcpy((u8 *)fw->data + offset, buffer, count);
 
 	fw->size = max_t(size_t, offset + count, fw->size);
 	retval = count;
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index 6c7eff2ebada..88718d60153c 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 struct firmware {
 	size_t size;
-	u8 *data;
+	const u8 *data;
 };
 
 struct device;