diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index 642a80bb42cf..c850e5fb967c 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static inline struct inet_peer *rt6_get_peer(struct rt6_info *rt)
 extern void			ip6_route_input(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 extern struct dst_entry *	ip6_route_output(struct net *net,
-						 struct sock *sk,
+						 const struct sock *sk,
 						 struct flowi6 *fl6);
 
 extern int			ip6_route_init(void);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 6814c8722fa7..843406f14d7b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route_output(struct net *net, struct fib6_table
 	return ip6_pol_route(net, table, fl6->flowi6_oif, fl6, flags);
 }
 
-struct dst_entry * ip6_route_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
+struct dst_entry * ip6_route_output(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
 				    struct flowi6 *fl6)
 {
 	int flags = 0;