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diff --git a/include/acpi/acmacros.h b/include/acpi/acmacros.h
index 5b100cef8dfc..fcdef0a4b01b 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acmacros.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acmacros.h
@@ -505,8 +505,10 @@
* The Name parameter should be the procedure name as a quoted string.
* This is declared as a local string ("my_function_name") so that it can
* be also used by the function exit macros below.
+ * Note: (const char) is used to be compatible with the debug interfaces
+ * and macros such as __FUNCTION__.
*/
-#define ACPI_FUNCTION_NAME(name) char *_acpi_function_name = name;
+#define ACPI_FUNCTION_NAME(name) const char *_acpi_function_name = name;
#else
/* Compiler supports __FUNCTION__ (or equivalent) -- Ignore this macro */