diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 409fcb1..e79c587 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
 #define SOC_ID_0 "/sys/devices/soc0/soc_id"
 #define SOC_ID_1 "/sys/devices/system/soc/soc0/id"
 
-char scaling_gov_path[4][80] = {"sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor",
-                                "sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor",
-                                "sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_governor",
-                                "sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_governor"};
+const char* scaling_gov_path[4] = {"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor",
+                                   "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor",
+                                   "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_governor",
+                                   "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_governor"};
 
 #define PERF_HAL_PATH "libqti-perfd-client.so"
 static void* qcopt_handle;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static void __attribute__((destructor)) cleanup(void) {
     }
 }
 
-int sysfs_read(char* path, char* s, int num_bytes) {
+int sysfs_read(const char* path, char* s, int num_bytes) {
     char buf[80];
     int count;
     int ret = 0;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int sysfs_read(char* path, char* s, int num_bytes) {
     return ret;
 }
 
-int sysfs_write(char* path, char* s) {
+int sysfs_write(const char* path, char* s) {
     char buf[80];
     int len;
     int ret = 0;
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 7d6f84b..429e9cd 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ typedef struct {
     char value[PROP_VALUE_MAX];
 } PropVal;
 
-int sysfs_read(char* path, char* s, int num_bytes);
-int sysfs_write(char* path, char* s);
+int sysfs_read(const char* path, char* s, int num_bytes);
+int sysfs_write(const char* path, char* s);
 int get_scaling_governor(char governor[], int size);
 int get_scaling_governor_check_cores(char governor[], int size, int core_num);
 int is_interactive_governor(char*);