diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index 08bbe63..c825c6e 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 				     struct aa_profile *to_profile)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tracer;
-	struct cred *cred = NULL;
+	const struct cred *cred = NULL;
 	struct aa_profile *tracerp = NULL;
 	int error = 0;
 
diff --git a/security/apparmor/ipc.c b/security/apparmor/ipc.c
index 9013a78..649fad8 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/ipc.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/ipc.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 	if (!unconfined(tracer_p)) {
 		/* lcred released below */
-		struct cred *lcred = get_task_cred(tracee);
+		const struct cred *lcred = get_task_cred(tracee);
 		struct aa_profile *tracee_p = aa_cred_profile(lcred);
 
 		error = aa_may_ptrace(tracer, tracer_p, tracee_p, mode);