diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/setup.h
index bb36a400203d..8c56b862fd9c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static inline void setup_8250_early_printk_port(unsigned long base,
 	unsigned int reg_shift, unsigned int timeout) {}
 #endif
 
-extern void set_handler(unsigned long offset, void *addr, unsigned long len);
+void set_handler(unsigned long offset, const void *addr, unsigned long len);
 extern void set_uncached_handler(unsigned long offset, void *addr, unsigned long len);
 
 typedef void (*vi_handler_t)(void);
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index 8282d0feb0b2..749089c25d5e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -2020,19 +2020,19 @@ static void *set_vi_srs_handler(int n, vi_handler_t addr, int srs)
 		 * If no shadow set is selected then use the default handler
 		 * that does normal register saving and standard interrupt exit
 		 */
-		extern char except_vec_vi, except_vec_vi_lui;
-		extern char except_vec_vi_ori, except_vec_vi_end;
-		extern char rollback_except_vec_vi;
-		char *vec_start = using_rollback_handler() ?
-			&rollback_except_vec_vi : &except_vec_vi;
+		extern const u8 except_vec_vi[], except_vec_vi_lui[];
+		extern const u8 except_vec_vi_ori[], except_vec_vi_end[];
+		extern const u8 rollback_except_vec_vi[];
+		const u8 *vec_start = using_rollback_handler() ?
+				      rollback_except_vec_vi : except_vec_vi;
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_MICROMIPS) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)
-		const int lui_offset = &except_vec_vi_lui - vec_start + 2;
-		const int ori_offset = &except_vec_vi_ori - vec_start + 2;
+		const int lui_offset = except_vec_vi_lui - vec_start + 2;
+		const int ori_offset = except_vec_vi_ori - vec_start + 2;
 #else
-		const int lui_offset = &except_vec_vi_lui - vec_start;
-		const int ori_offset = &except_vec_vi_ori - vec_start;
+		const int lui_offset = except_vec_vi_lui - vec_start;
+		const int ori_offset = except_vec_vi_ori - vec_start;
 #endif
-		const int handler_len = &except_vec_vi_end - vec_start;
+		const int handler_len = except_vec_vi_end - vec_start;
 
 		if (handler_len > VECTORSPACING) {
 			/*
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ void per_cpu_trap_init(bool is_boot_cpu)
 }
 
 /* Install CPU exception handler */
-void set_handler(unsigned long offset, void *addr, unsigned long size)
+void set_handler(unsigned long offset, const void *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_MICROMIPS
 	memcpy((void *)(ebase + offset), ((unsigned char *)addr - 1), size);