diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 83cd040a2993..45cc99d42765 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -2000,7 +2000,7 @@ int rproc_set_firmware(struct rproc *rproc, const char *fw_name)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	kfree(rproc->firmware);
+	kfree_const(rproc->firmware);
 	rproc->firmware = p;
 
 out: