diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index aa1eac899957..b7ee9d552fcb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cade9f8a9cf1cd41f6f9e8850c6a0465a21248c3
+refs/heads/master: e6161653094f14b1add10efe3493a2e526fe9538
diff --git a/trunk/include/sound/pcm.h b/trunk/include/sound/pcm.h
index 40c5a6fa6bcd..ee0e887e49d4 100644
--- a/trunk/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/trunk/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ struct snd_pcm_notify {
 
 extern const struct file_operations snd_pcm_f_ops[2];
 
-int snd_pcm_new(struct snd_card *card, char *id, int device,
+int snd_pcm_new(struct snd_card *card, const char *id, int device,
 		int playback_count, int capture_count,
 		struct snd_pcm **rpcm);
 int snd_pcm_new_stream(struct snd_pcm *pcm, int stream, int substream_count);
diff --git a/trunk/sound/core/pcm.c b/trunk/sound/core/pcm.c
index 192a433a2403..583453e2355c 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/core/pcm.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/core/pcm.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_pcm_new_stream);
  *
  * Returns zero if successful, or a negative error code on failure.
  */
-int snd_pcm_new(struct snd_card *card, char *id, int device,
+int snd_pcm_new(struct snd_card *card, const char *id, int device,
 		int playback_count, int capture_count,
 	        struct snd_pcm ** rpcm)
 {