diff --git a/include/linux/icmpv6.h b/include/linux/icmpv6.h
index db0f4fcfdaf4..e3b3b0fa2a8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/icmpv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/icmpv6.h
@@ -85,12 +85,10 @@ extern void				icmpv6_param_prob_reason(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 struct flowi6;
 struct in6_addr;
-extern void				icmpv6_flow_init(struct sock *sk,
-							 struct flowi6 *fl6,
-							 u8 type,
-							 const struct in6_addr *saddr,
-							 const struct in6_addr *daddr,
-							 int oif);
+
+void icmpv6_flow_init(const struct sock *sk, struct flowi6 *fl6, u8 type,
+		      const struct in6_addr *saddr,
+		      const struct in6_addr *daddr, int oif);
 
 static inline void icmpv6_param_prob(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 code, int pos)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
index 9b6818453afe..d80d6024cafa 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ static bool ipv6_mapped_addr_any(const struct in6_addr *a)
 	return ipv6_addr_v4mapped(a) && (a->s6_addr32[3] == 0);
 }
 
-static void ip6_datagram_flow_key_init(struct flowi6 *fl6, struct sock *sk)
+static void ip6_datagram_flow_key_init(struct flowi6 *fl6,
+				       const struct sock *sk)
 {
-	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
-	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
+	const struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
+	const struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
 	int oif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
 
 	memset(fl6, 0, sizeof(*fl6));
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index 65fa5014bc85..6d88f5248c1f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -1034,11 +1034,9 @@ static int icmpv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void icmpv6_flow_init(struct sock *sk, struct flowi6 *fl6,
-		      u8 type,
+void icmpv6_flow_init(const struct sock *sk, struct flowi6 *fl6, u8 type,
 		      const struct in6_addr *saddr,
-		      const struct in6_addr *daddr,
-		      int oif)
+		      const struct in6_addr *daddr, int oif)
 {
 	memset(fl6, 0, sizeof(*fl6));
 	fl6->saddr = *saddr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index 714cdc9e2b8e..5ce25bcb9974 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -1699,11 +1699,9 @@ mld_scount(struct ifmcaddr6 *pmc, int type, int gdeleted, int sdeleted)
 	return scount;
 }
 
-static void ip6_mc_hdr(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
-		       struct net_device *dev,
-		       const struct in6_addr *saddr,
-		       const struct in6_addr *daddr,
-		       int proto, int len)
+static void ip6_mc_hdr(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		       struct net_device *dev, const struct in6_addr *saddr,
+		       const struct in6_addr *daddr, int proto, int len)
 {
 	struct ipv6hdr *hdr;