diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 18b6dba9394e..16aa3a478e9e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static bool send_sci(const struct macsec_secy *secy)
 		(secy->n_rx_sc > 1 && !tx_sc->end_station && !tx_sc->scb);
 }
 
-static sci_t make_sci(u8 *addr, __be16 port)
+static sci_t make_sci(const u8 *addr, __be16 port)
 {
 	sci_t sci;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 6189acb33973..d2f830ec2969 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -698,7 +698,8 @@ static int macvlan_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int macvlan_sync_address(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr)
+static int macvlan_sync_address(struct net_device *dev,
+				const unsigned char *addr)
 {
 	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct net_device *lowerdev = vlan->lowerdev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 7a205ddf0060..3e1b7746cce4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, vmxnet3_pciid_table);
 static int enable_mq = 1;
 
 static void
-vmxnet3_write_mac_addr(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter, u8 *mac);
+vmxnet3_write_mac_addr(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter, const u8 *mac);
 
 /*
  *    Enable/Disable the given intr
@@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ vmxnet3_quiesce_dev(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter)
 
 
 static void
-vmxnet3_write_mac_addr(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter, u8 *mac)
+vmxnet3_write_mac_addr(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter, const u8 *mac)
 {
 	u32 tmp;