diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
index 72b3d88d35f4..3897d6bf3b29 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ ip_vs_conn_fill_param_sync(int af, int protocol,
  *      Process received multicast message and create the corresponding
  *      ip_vs_conn entries.
  */
-static void ip_vs_process_message(const char *buffer, const size_t buflen)
+static void ip_vs_process_message(char *buffer, const size_t buflen)
 {
 	struct ip_vs_sync_mesg *m = (struct ip_vs_sync_mesg *)buffer;
 	struct ip_vs_sync_conn *s;