diff --git a/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/myloader.c b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/myloader.c
index cd573690a7..7532d454ed 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/myloader.c
+++ b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/myloader.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct part_data {
 };
 
 static int myloader_parse_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
-				     struct mtd_partition **pparts,
+				     const struct mtd_partition **pparts,
 				     struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
 {
 	struct part_data *buf;
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/003-myloader_backport.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/003-myloader_backport.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..846b25dc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/003-myloader_backport.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/drivers/mtd/myloader.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/myloader.c
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct part_data {
+ };
+ 
+ static int myloader_parse_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
+-				     const struct mtd_partition **pparts,
++				     struct mtd_partition **pparts,
+ 				     struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
+ {
+ 	struct part_data *buf;
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/003-myloader_backport.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/003-myloader_backport.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..846b25dc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/003-myloader_backport.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/drivers/mtd/myloader.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/myloader.c
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct part_data {
+ };
+ 
+ static int myloader_parse_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
+-				     const struct mtd_partition **pparts,
++				     struct mtd_partition **pparts,
+ 				     struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
+ {
+ 	struct part_data *buf;