diff --git a/media/libstagefright/MediaExtractor.cpp b/media/libstagefright/MediaExtractor.cpp
index ee03c52fbf9c4..965c370accf5a 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/MediaExtractor.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/MediaExtractor.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ sp<MediaExtractor> MediaExtractor::Create(
     }
 
     if (!strncmp(mime, "drm", 3)) {
-        char *originalMime = strrchr(mime, '+') + 1;
+        const char *originalMime = strrchr(mime, '+') + 1;
 
         if (!strncmp(mime, "drm+es_based", 12)) {
             return new DRMExtractor(source, originalMime);