diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
index 2a729b3b7322..03db9ffdc1a3 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ int rpmsg_register_device_override(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
 
 	device_initialize(dev);
 	if (driver_override) {
-		ret = driver_set_override(dev, &rpdev->driver_override,
+		ret = driver_set_override(dev, (const char **)&rpdev->driver_override,
 					  driver_override,
 					  strlen(driver_override));
 		if (ret) {
diff --git a/include/linux/rpmsg.h b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
index 4ec3fad4e220..dd6df8dfd052 100644
--- a/include/linux/rpmsg.h
+++ b/include/linux/rpmsg.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct rpmsg_channel_info {
 struct rpmsg_device {
 	struct device dev;
 	struct rpmsg_device_id id;
-	const char *driver_override;
+	char *driver_override;
 	u32 src;
 	u32 dst;
 	struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept;