diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 46f87e8..01bb813 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -590,10 +590,10 @@
 /*
  * Find the xattr_handler with the matching prefix.
  */
-static struct xattr_handler *
-xattr_resolve_name(struct xattr_handler **handlers, const char **name)
+static const struct xattr_handler *
+xattr_resolve_name(const struct xattr_handler **handlers, const char **name)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	if (!*name)
 		return NULL;
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
 ssize_t
 generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	handler = xattr_resolve_name(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, &name);
 	if (!handler)
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
 ssize_t
 generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler, **handlers = dentry->d_sb->s_xattr;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler, **handlers = dentry->d_sb->s_xattr;
 	unsigned int size = 0;
 
 	if (!buffer) {
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
 int
 generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	if (size == 0)
 		value = "";  /* empty EA, do not remove */
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
 int
 generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
-	struct xattr_handler *handler;
+	const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 
 	handler = xattr_resolve_name(dentry->d_sb->s_xattr, &name);
 	if (!handler)