diff --git a/sys/dev/ksyms/ksyms.c b/sys/dev/ksyms/ksyms.c
index cb0f96732374..fc368c7dca00 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ksyms/ksyms.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ksyms/ksyms.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int
 ksyms_size_permod(linker_file_t lf, void *arg)
 {
 	struct tsizes *ts;
-	Elf_Sym *symtab;
+	const Elf_Sym *symtab;
 	caddr_t strtab;
 	long syms;
 	
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ static int
 ksyms_add(linker_file_t lf, void *arg)
 {
 	struct toffsets *to;
-	Elf_Sym *symtab, *symp;
+	const Elf_Sym *symtab;
+	Elf_Sym *symp;
 	caddr_t strtab;
 	long symsz;
 	size_t strsz, numsyms;
diff --git a/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c b/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c
index 707c580ce250..2adbe19b15af 100644
--- a/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c
+++ b/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static int	link_elf_each_function_nameval(linker_file_t,
 				linker_function_nameval_callback_t,
 				void *);
 static void	link_elf_reloc_local(linker_file_t);
-static long	link_elf_symtab_get(linker_file_t, Elf_Sym **);
+static long	link_elf_symtab_get(linker_file_t, const Elf_Sym **);
 static long	link_elf_strtab_get(linker_file_t, caddr_t *);
 
 static Elf_Addr elf_obj_lookup(linker_file_t lf, Elf_Size symidx, int deps);
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ link_elf_reloc_local(linker_file_t lf)
 }
 
 static long
-link_elf_symtab_get(linker_file_t lf, Elf_Sym **symtab)
+link_elf_symtab_get(linker_file_t lf, const Elf_Sym **symtab)
 {
     elf_file_t ef = (elf_file_t)lf;
     
diff --git a/sys/kern/linker_if.m b/sys/kern/linker_if.m
index 379bc0e99486..3df592c462de 100644
--- a/sys/kern/linker_if.m
+++ b/sys/kern/linker_if.m
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ METHOD int ctf_get {
 #
 METHOD long symtab_get {
 	linker_file_t	file;
-	Elf_Sym		**symtab;
+	const Elf_Sym	**symtab;
 };
 
 #