diff --git a/src/util-path.c b/src/util-path.c
index 0284864bdb..d7618856e4 100644
--- a/src/util-path.c
+++ b/src/util-path.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ const char *SCBasename(const char *path)
     if (!path || strlen(path) == 0)
         return NULL;
 
-    char *final = strrchr(path, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+    const char *final = strrchr(path, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
     if (!final)
         return path;