diff --git a/libavformat/ape.c b/libavformat/ape.c
index 358ad2e8b2..a90f887e58 100644
--- a/libavformat/ape.c
+++ b/libavformat/ape.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 #define TAG(name, field)  {name, offsetof(AVFormatContext, field), sizeof(((AVFormatContext *)0)->field)}
 
 static const struct {
-    char *name;
+    const char *name;
     int offset;
     int size;
 } tags[] = {