diff --git a/drivers/base/property.c b/drivers/base/property.c
index e9fa75645d69..31b942a29fdc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/property.c
+++ b/drivers/base/property.c
@@ -718,7 +718,8 @@ static void pset_free_set(struct property_set *pset)
 static int pset_copy_entry(struct property_entry *dst,
 			   const struct property_entry *src)
 {
-	const char **d, **s;
+	const char * const *s;
+	char **d;
 	size_t i, nval;
 
 	dst->name = kstrdup(src->name, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -731,12 +732,11 @@ static int pset_copy_entry(struct property_entry *dst,
 
 		if (src->is_string) {
 			nval = src->length / sizeof(const char *);
-			dst->pointer.str = kcalloc(nval, sizeof(const char *),
-						   GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!dst->pointer.str)
+			d = kcalloc(nval, sizeof(const char *), GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!d)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
-			d = dst->pointer.str;
+			dst->pointer.raw_data = d;
 			s = src->pointer.str;
 			for (i = 0; i < nval; i++) {
 				d[i] = kstrdup(s[i], GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/include/linux/property.h b/include/linux/property.h
index d37a4498b3ac..7a0a1cce5165 100644
--- a/include/linux/property.h
+++ b/include/linux/property.h
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@ struct property_entry {
 	bool is_string;
 	union {
 		union {
-			void *raw_data;
-			u8 *u8_data;
-			u16 *u16_data;
-			u32 *u32_data;
-			u64 *u64_data;
-			const char **str;
+			const void *raw_data;
+			const u8 *u8_data;
+			const u16 *u16_data;
+			const u32 *u32_data;
+			const u64 *u64_data;
+			const char * const *str;
 		} pointer;
 		union {
 			unsigned long long raw_data;