diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 572c5fd97e..66d7a8bab3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -4568,7 +4568,7 @@ int avcodec_get_pix_fmt_loss(enum AVPixelFormat dst_pix_fmt, enum AVPixelFormat
  * @param[out] loss_ptr Combination of flags informing you what kind of losses will occur.
  * @return The best pixel format to convert to or -1 if none was found.
  */
-enum AVPixelFormat avcodec_find_best_pix_fmt_of_list(enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmt_list,
+enum AVPixelFormat avcodec_find_best_pix_fmt_of_list(const enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmt_list,
                                             enum AVPixelFormat src_pix_fmt,
                                             int has_alpha, int *loss_ptr);
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
index 1835e00fbe..42c75a55ba 100644
--- a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
+++ b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ enum AVPixelFormat avcodec_find_best_pix_fmt2(enum AVPixelFormat dst_pix_fmt1, e
 }
 #endif
 
-enum AVPixelFormat avcodec_find_best_pix_fmt_of_list(enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmt_list,
+enum AVPixelFormat avcodec_find_best_pix_fmt_of_list(const enum AVPixelFormat *pix_fmt_list,
                                             enum AVPixelFormat src_pix_fmt,
                                             int has_alpha, int *loss_ptr){
     int i;