diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a55c0d3a2108..ff332b101c96 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 66b3fad3f4c535c92b6a1184d535a97d6aa5d82a
+refs/heads/master: 38eff2892628fa5c4fc8962a17b7296f42833ebe
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/trace_seq.h b/trunk/include/linux/trace_seq.h
index 7dadc3df0c77..a32d86ec8bf2 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/trace_seq.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/trace_seq.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extern int trace_seq_putmem(struct trace_seq *s, const void *mem, size_t len);
 extern int trace_seq_putmem_hex(struct trace_seq *s, const void *mem,
 				size_t len);
 extern void *trace_seq_reserve(struct trace_seq *s, size_t len);
-extern int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, struct path *path);
+extern int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, const struct path *path);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_TRACING */
 static inline int trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static inline void *trace_seq_reserve(struct trace_seq *s, size_t len)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
-static inline int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, struct path *path)
+static inline int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, const struct path *path)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index 0d6ff3555942..690987198ad7 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ void *trace_seq_reserve(struct trace_seq *s, size_t len)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, struct path *path)
+int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, const struct path *path)
 {
 	unsigned char *p;