diff --git a/src/rocshmem.cpp b/src/rocshmem.cpp
index 69ad2b6a0c..59742a0d2f 100644
--- a/src/rocshmem.cpp
+++ b/src/rocshmem.cpp
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static BackendType select_backend_type() {
   backend->heap.free(ptr);
 }
 
-__host__ void * rocshmem_ptr(void * dest, int pe){
+__host__ void * rocshmem_ptr(const void * dest, int pe){
 
   Context *ctx = reinterpret_cast<Context *>(ROCSHMEM_HOST_CTX_DEFAULT.ctx_opaque);