diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 2a3d84a39cb5..bf2005b2feb6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ struct property *of_find_property(struct device_node *np, const char *name,
  * Find a property with a given name for a given node
  * and return the value.
  */
-void *get_property(struct device_node *np, const char *name, int *lenp)
+const void *get_property(struct device_node *np, const char *name, int *lenp)
 {
 	struct property *pp = of_find_property(np,name,lenp);
 	return pp ? pp->value : NULL;
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/prom.h b/include/asm-powerpc/prom.h
index abdf1be66e97..31bfea4686a6 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/prom.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/prom.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ extern void unflatten_device_tree(void);
 extern void early_init_devtree(void *);
 extern int device_is_compatible(struct device_node *device, const char *);
 extern int machine_is_compatible(const char *compat);
-extern void *get_property(struct device_node *node, const char *name,
+extern const void *get_property(struct device_node *node, const char *name,
 		int *lenp);
 extern void print_properties(struct device_node *node);
 extern int prom_n_addr_cells(struct device_node* np);