diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtilQueue.cpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtilQueue.cpp
index b6604287cf..46c88cf702 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtilQueue.cpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtilQueue.cpp
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class AsyncMPMQ {
  * SDMA queue helper functions.
  */
 
-bool sort_SDMACopyParams(SDMACopyParams &a1, SDMACopyParams &a2) {
+bool sort_SDMACopyParams(const SDMACopyParams &a1, const SDMACopyParams &a2) {
     if (a1.node != a2.node)
         return a1.node < a2.node;
     return a1.group < a2.group;