diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/kqueue.2 b/lib/libc/sys/kqueue.2
index 0ea64bbe0801..afb7e9869bae 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/kqueue.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/kqueue.2
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn kqueue "void"
 .Ft int
-.Fn kevent "int kq" "int nchanges" "struct kevent **changelist" "int nevents" "struct kevent *eventlist" "struct timespec *timeout"
+.Fn kevent "int kq" "const struct kevent *changelist" "int nchanges" "struct kevent *eventlist" "int nevents" "const struct timespec *timeout"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Fn kqueue
 provides a generic method of notifying the user when an event
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ which will allow sharing of the kqueue between two processes.
 is used to register events with the queue, and return any pending
 events to the user.
 .Fa changelist
-is a pointer to an array of pointers to 
+is a pointer to an array of
 .Va kevent 
 structures, as defined in
 .Aq Pa event.h .
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_event.c b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
index d4d73ae22b08..724b568456a4 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_event.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- *	$FreeBSD$
+ * $FreeBSD$
  */
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
@@ -319,20 +319,20 @@ kqueue(struct proc *p, struct kqueue_args *uap)
 #ifndef _SYS_SYSPROTO_H_
 struct kevent_args {
 	int	fd;
+	struct	kevent *changelist;
 	int	nchanges;
-	struct	kevent **changelist;
-	int	nevents;
 	struct	kevent *eventlist;
+	int	nevents;
 	struct	timespec *timeout;
 };
 #endif
 int
 kevent(struct proc *p, struct kevent_args *uap)
 {
-        struct filedesc* fdp = p->p_fd;
-	struct kevent kev;
+	struct filedesc* fdp = p->p_fd;
+	struct kevent *kevp;
 	struct kqueue *kq;
-        struct file *fp;
+	struct file *fp;
 	struct timespec ts;
 	int i, n, nerrors, error;
 
@@ -342,8 +342,7 @@ kevent(struct proc *p, struct kevent_args *uap)
 		return (EBADF);
 
 	if (uap->timeout != NULL) {
-		error = copyin((caddr_t)uap->timeout, (caddr_t)&ts,
-		    sizeof(ts));
+		error = copyin(uap->timeout, &ts, sizeof(ts));
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 		uap->timeout = &ts;
@@ -354,24 +353,21 @@ kevent(struct proc *p, struct kevent_args *uap)
 
 	while (uap->nchanges > 0) {
 		n = uap->nchanges > KQ_NEVENTS ? KQ_NEVENTS : uap->nchanges;
-		error = copyin((caddr_t)uap->changelist, (caddr_t)kq->kq_kevp,
-		    n * sizeof(struct kevent *));
+		error = copyin(uap->changelist, kq->kq_kev,
+		    n * sizeof(struct kevent));
 		if (error)
 			return (error);
 		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-			error = copyin((caddr_t)kq->kq_kevp[i],
-			    (caddr_t)&kev, sizeof(kev));
-			if (error)
-				return (error);
-			kev.flags &= ~EV_SYSFLAGS;
-			error = kqueue_register(kq, &kev, p);
+			kevp = &kq->kq_kev[i];
+			kevp->flags &= ~EV_SYSFLAGS;
+			error = kqueue_register(kq, kevp, p);
 			if (error) {
 				if (uap->nevents != 0) {
-					kev.flags = EV_ERROR;
-					kev.data = error;
-					(void) copyout((caddr_t)&kev,
+					kevp->flags = EV_ERROR;
+					kevp->data = error;
+					(void) copyout((caddr_t)kevp,
 					    (caddr_t)uap->eventlist,
-					    sizeof(kev));
+					    sizeof(*kevp));
 					uap->eventlist++;
 					uap->nevents--;
 					nerrors++;
diff --git a/sys/kern/syscalls.master b/sys/kern/syscalls.master
index bc9cfb6b233c..5631a8856e41 100644
--- a/sys/kern/syscalls.master
+++ b/sys/kern/syscalls.master
@@ -517,9 +517,9 @@
 361	STD	BSD	{ int getresgid(gid_t *rgid, gid_t *egid, gid_t *sgid); }
 362	STD	BSD	{ int kqueue(void); }
 363	STD	BSD	{ int kevent(int fd, \
-			    int nchanges, struct kevent **changelist, \
-			    int nevents, struct kevent *eventlist, \
-			    struct timespec *timeout); }
+			    const struct kevent *changelist, int nchanges, \
+			    struct kevent *eventlist, int nevents, \
+			    const struct timespec *timeout); }
 364	STD	BSD	{ int __cap_get_proc(struct cap *cap_p); }
 365	STD	BSD	{ int __cap_set_proc(struct cap *cap_p); }
 366	STD	BSD	{ int __cap_get_fd(int fd, struct cap *cap_p); }
diff --git a/sys/sys/event.h b/sys/sys/event.h
index 366b3476f81b..6182bccd0926 100644
--- a/sys/sys/event.h
+++ b/sys/sys/event.h
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ struct timespec;
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 int     kqueue __P((void));
-int     kevent __P((int kq, int nchanges, struct kevent **changelist,
-		    int nevents, struct kevent *eventlist,
-		    struct timespec *timeout));
+int     kevent __P((int kq, const struct kevent *changelist, int nchanges,
+		    struct kevent *eventlist, int nevents,
+		    const struct timespec *timeout));
 __END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* !_KERNEL */
diff --git a/sys/sys/eventvar.h b/sys/sys/eventvar.h
index 7046f511057a..3701d4411b70 100644
--- a/sys/sys/eventvar.h
+++ b/sys/sys/eventvar.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #ifndef _SYS_EVENTVAR_H_
 #define _SYS_EVENTVAR_H_
 
-#define KQ_NEVENTS	8		/* minimize copyout calls */
+#define KQ_NEVENTS	8		/* minimize copy{in,out} calls */
 #define KQEXTENT	256		/* linear growth by this amount */
 
 struct kqueue {
@@ -40,12 +40,7 @@ struct kqueue {
 	int		kq_state;
 #define KQ_SEL		0x01
 #define KQ_SLEEP	0x02
-	union {
-		struct	kevent *b_kevp[KQ_NEVENTS];
-		struct	kevent b_kev[KQ_NEVENTS];
-	} kq_buf;
-#define kq_kevp 	kq_buf.b_kevp
-#define kq_kev 		kq_buf.b_kev
+	struct		kevent kq_kev[KQ_NEVENTS];
 };
 
 #endif /* !_SYS_EVENTVAR_H_ */
diff --git a/sys/sys/sysproto.h b/sys/sys/sysproto.h
index 0ead29f88e82..2696e5a93d13 100644
--- a/sys/sys/sysproto.h
+++ b/sys/sys/sysproto.h
@@ -1015,11 +1015,11 @@ struct	kqueue_args {
 };
 struct	kevent_args {
 	int	fd;	char fd_[PAD_(int)];
+	const struct kevent *	changelist;	char changelist_[PAD_(const struct kevent *)];
 	int	nchanges;	char nchanges_[PAD_(int)];
-	struct kevent **	changelist;	char changelist_[PAD_(struct kevent **)];
-	int	nevents;	char nevents_[PAD_(int)];
 	struct kevent *	eventlist;	char eventlist_[PAD_(struct kevent *)];
-	struct timespec *	timeout;	char timeout_[PAD_(struct timespec *)];
+	int	nevents;	char nevents_[PAD_(int)];
+	const struct timespec *	timeout;	char timeout_[PAD_(const struct timespec *)];
 };
 struct	__cap_get_proc_args {
 	struct cap *	cap_p;	char cap_p_[PAD_(struct cap *)];