diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 014f26c..0cff7fe 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 			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,