diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 137a8ca67822..a971e3d043ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_request_one);
  * @array:	array of the 'struct gpio'
  * @num:	how many GPIOs in the array
  */
-int gpio_request_array(struct gpio *array, size_t num)
+int gpio_request_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num)
 {
 	int i, err;
 
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_request_array);
  * @array:	array of the 'struct gpio'
  * @num:	how many GPIOs in the array
  */
-void gpio_free_array(struct gpio *array, size_t num)
+void gpio_free_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num)
 {
 	while (num--)
 		gpio_free((array++)->gpio);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
index a98b52cb970b..fcdcb5d5c995 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ struct gpio {
 };
 
 extern int gpio_request_one(unsigned gpio, unsigned long flags, const char *label);
-extern int gpio_request_array(struct gpio *array, size_t num);
-extern void gpio_free_array(struct gpio *array, size_t num);
+extern int gpio_request_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num);
+extern void gpio_free_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS
 
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio.h b/include/linux/gpio.h
index 0f8265f8e8c3..32d47e710661 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static inline int gpio_request_one(unsigned gpio,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-static inline int gpio_request_array(struct gpio *array, size_t num)
+static inline int gpio_request_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num)
 {
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline void gpio_free(unsigned gpio)
 	WARN_ON(1);
 }
 
-static inline void gpio_free_array(struct gpio *array, size_t num)
+static inline void gpio_free_array(const struct gpio *array, size_t num)
 {
 	might_sleep();