diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h
index f0b5a33b638..79903571a01 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* A wrapper for inet_ntop on POSIX systems and InetNtop on Windows systems */
-const char *grpc_inet_ntop(int af, const void *src,
+const char *grpc_inet_ntop(int af, void *src,
                            char *dst, socklen_t size);
 
 #endif /* GRPC_CORE_LIB_IOMGR_SOCKET_UTILS_H */
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_common_posix.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_common_posix.c
index 21432568465..42ee76d2fe7 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_common_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_common_posix.c
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ grpc_error *grpc_create_dualstack_socket(const struct sockaddr *addr, int type,
   return error_for_fd(*newfd, addr);
 }
 
-const char *grpc_inet_ntop(int af, const void *src,
+const char *grpc_inet_ntop(int af, void *src,
                            char *dst, socklen_t size) {
-  return inet_ntop(af, src, dst, size);
+  return inet_ntop(af, (const void*)src, dst, size);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_windows.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_windows.c
index c65812fec67..c1dfc6e96f8 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_windows.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_windows.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 #include <grpc/support/log.h>
 
-const char *grpc_inet_ntop(int af, const void *src,
+const char *grpc_inet_ntop(int af, void *src,
                            char *dst, socklen_t size) {
   GPR_ASSERT(sizeof(socklen_t) <= sizeof(size_t));
   return InetNtopA(af, src, dst, (size_t)size);