diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
index 97b8c1f834530..77885d89f5486 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <asm/probes.h>
 #include <asm/code-patching.h>
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ typedef ppc_opcode_t kprobe_opcode_t;
 #define kprobe_lookup_name(name, addr)					\
 {									\
 	char dot_name[MODULE_NAME_LEN + 1 + KSYM_NAME_LEN];		\
-	char *modsym;							\
+	const char *modsym;							\
 	bool dot_appended = false;					\
 	if ((modsym = strchr(name, ':')) != NULL) {			\
 		modsym++;						\