diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 2394eef383e3..ab150765d124 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ int rproc_set_firmware(struct rproc *rproc, const char *fw_name)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	kfree(rproc->firmware);
+	kfree_const(rproc->firmware);
 	rproc->firmware = p;
 
 out: