diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 7bd6aff6e260..33b214a91338 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -10748,7 +10748,7 @@ static int resolve_full_path(const char *file, char *result, size_t result_sz)
 		if (!search_paths[i])
 			continue;
 		for (s = search_paths[i]; s != NULL; s = strchr(s, ':')) {
-			char *next_path;
+			const char *next_path;
 			int seg_len;
 
 			if (s[0] == ':')