diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 84a21084d67d1..33d9526959270 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ static void device_insertion_sort_klist(struct device *a, struct list_head *list
 	list_move_tail(&a->p->knode_bus.n_node, list);
 }
 
-void bus_sort_breadthfirst(struct bus_type *bus,
+void bus_sort_breadthfirst(const struct bus_type *bus,
 			   int (*compare)(const struct device *a,
 					  const struct device *b))
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/device/bus.h b/include/linux/device/bus.h
index ae10c43227543..25127f7503494 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/bus.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/bus.h
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ bus_find_device_by_acpi_dev(const struct bus_type *bus, const void *adev)
 
 int bus_for_each_drv(const struct bus_type *bus, struct device_driver *start,
 		     void *data, int (*fn)(struct device_driver *, void *));
-void bus_sort_breadthfirst(struct bus_type *bus,
+void bus_sort_breadthfirst(const struct bus_type *bus,
 			   int (*compare)(const struct device *a,
 					  const struct device *b));
 /*