diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
index 8f8be5b00060..5c17cb733224 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-consumer.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static inline void *nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_cell *cell, size_t *len)
 }
 
 static inline int nvmem_cell_write(struct nvmem_cell *cell,
-				    const char *buf, size_t len)
+				   void *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }