diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/java/java_file.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/java/java_file.cc
index cb4503f637..86719f704c 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/java/java_file.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/java/java_file.cc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace java {
 namespace {
 
 struct FieldDescriptorCompare {
-  bool operator ()(const FieldDescriptor* f1, const FieldDescriptor* f2) {
+  bool operator ()(const FieldDescriptor* f1, const FieldDescriptor* f2) const {
     if(f1 == NULL) {
       return false;
     }