diff --git a/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c b/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
--- a/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
+++ b/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@
     const char *interp, int32_t *osrel, uint32_t *fctl0);
 static int __elfN(load_file)(struct proc *p, const char *file, u_long *addr,
     u_long *entry);
-static int __elfN(load_section)(struct image_params *imgp, vm_ooffset_t offset,
-    caddr_t vmaddr, size_t memsz, size_t filsz, vm_prot_t prot);
+static int __elfN(load_section)(const struct image_params *imgp,
+    vm_ooffset_t offset, caddr_t vmaddr, size_t memsz, size_t filsz,
+    vm_prot_t prot);
 static int __CONCAT(exec_, __elfN(imgact))(struct image_params *imgp);
 static bool __elfN(freebsd_trans_osrel)(const Elf_Note *note,
     int32_t *osrel);
@@ -545,9 +546,9 @@
 }
 
 static int
-__elfN(map_insert)(struct image_params *imgp, vm_map_t map, vm_object_t object,
-    vm_ooffset_t offset, vm_offset_t start, vm_offset_t end, vm_prot_t prot,
-    int cow)
+__elfN(map_insert)(const struct image_params *imgp, vm_map_t map,
+    vm_object_t object, vm_ooffset_t offset, vm_offset_t start, vm_offset_t end,
+    vm_prot_t prot, int cow)
 {
 	struct sf_buf *sf;
 	vm_offset_t off;
@@ -616,9 +617,9 @@
 	return (KERN_SUCCESS);
 }
 
-static int
-__elfN(load_section)(struct image_params *imgp, vm_ooffset_t offset,
-    caddr_t vmaddr, size_t memsz, size_t filsz, vm_prot_t prot)
+static int __elfN(load_section)(const struct image_params *imgp,
+    vm_ooffset_t offset, caddr_t vmaddr, size_t memsz, size_t filsz,
+    vm_prot_t prot)
 {
 	struct sf_buf *sf;
 	size_t map_len;
@@ -721,7 +722,7 @@
 }
 
 static int
-__elfN(load_sections)(struct image_params *imgp, const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
+__elfN(load_sections)(const struct image_params *imgp, const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
     const Elf_Phdr *phdr, u_long rbase, u_long *base_addrp)
 {
 	vm_prot_t prot;
@@ -2711,7 +2712,7 @@
 
 #define	MAX_NOTES_LOOP	4096
 bool
-__elfN(parse_notes)(struct image_params *imgp, Elf_Note *checknote,
+__elfN(parse_notes)(const struct image_params *imgp, Elf_Note *checknote,
     const char *note_vendor, const Elf_Phdr *pnote,
     bool (*cb)(const Elf_Note *, void *, bool *), void *cb_arg)
 {
diff --git a/sys/sys/imgact_elf.h b/sys/sys/imgact_elf.h
--- a/sys/sys/imgact_elf.h
+++ b/sys/sys/imgact_elf.h
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@
 void	__elfN(size_segments)(struct thread *, struct sseg_closure *, int);
 size_t	__elfN(register_note)(struct thread *, struct note_info_list *,
 	    int, outfunc_t, void *);
-bool	__elfN(parse_notes)(struct image_params *, Elf_Note *, const char *,
-	    const Elf_Phdr *, bool (*)(const Elf_Note *, void *, bool *),
-	    void *);
+bool	__elfN(parse_notes)(const struct image_params *, Elf_Note *,
+	    const char *, const Elf_Phdr *,
+	    bool (*)(const Elf_Note *, void *, bool *), void *);
 
 /* Machine specific function to dump per-thread information. */
 void	__elfN(dump_thread)(struct thread *, void *, size_t *);