diff --git a/include/corosync/votequorum.h b/include/corosync/votequorum.h
index bcb593d5..bc058087 100644
--- a/include/corosync/votequorum.h
+++ b/include/corosync/votequorum.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ cs_error_t votequorum_setvotes (
  */
 cs_error_t votequorum_qdisk_register (
 	votequorum_handle_t handle,
-	char *name,
+	const char *name,
 	unsigned int votes);
 
 /*
diff --git a/lib/votequorum.c b/lib/votequorum.c
index bcc2cd8e..9922b31a 100644
--- a/lib/votequorum.c
+++ b/lib/votequorum.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ error_exit:
 
 cs_error_t votequorum_qdisk_register (
 	votequorum_handle_t handle,
-	char *name,
+	const char *name,
 	unsigned int votes)
 {
 	cs_error_t error;