diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 65502bd7d5c5..53fc7052340c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void class_unregister(const struct class *cls)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(class_unregister);
 
-static void class_create_release(struct class *cls)
+static void class_create_release(const struct class *cls)
 {
 	pr_debug("%s called for %s\n", __func__, cls->name);
 	kfree(cls);
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
index e3224e49c43f..5658745c398f 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static int pcmcia_socket_uevent(const struct device *dev,
 
 static struct completion pcmcia_unload;
 
-static void pcmcia_release_socket_class(struct class *data)
+static void pcmcia_release_socket_class(const struct class *data)
 {
 	complete(&pcmcia_unload);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h
index 7e4a1a6329f4..f3c418fa129a 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/class.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/class.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct class {
 	int (*dev_uevent)(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
 	char *(*devnode)(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode);
 
-	void (*class_release)(struct class *class);
+	void (*class_release)(const struct class *class);
 	void (*dev_release)(struct device *dev);
 
 	int (*shutdown_pre)(struct device *dev);