diff --git a/fuse-encfs/encfs/NameIO.cpp b/fuse-encfs/encfs/NameIO.cpp

index 988bd78..a13694f 100644

--- a/fuse-encfs/encfs/NameIO.cpp

+++ b/fuse-encfs/encfs/NameIO.cpp

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ std::string NameIO::recodePath( const char *path,

 	} else

 	{

 	    bool isDotFile = (*path == '.');

-	    char *next = strchr( path, '/' );

+	    const char *next = strchr( path, '/' );

 	    int len = next ? next - path : strlen( path );

 	    // at this point we know that len > 0