diff --git a/edit/edit.c b/edit/edit.c
index 488650f80..e46b4d5d9 100644
--- a/edit/edit.c
+++ b/edit/edit.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ edit_load_file_fast (WEdit *edit, const char *filename)
     long buf, buf2;
     int file = -1;
 #ifdef HAVE_CHARSET
-    char *cp_id;
+    const char *cp_id;
 #endif
 
     edit->curs2 = edit->last_byte;
diff --git a/edit/editcmd.c b/edit/editcmd.c
index 8e8022249..4054d1e25 100644
--- a/edit/editcmd.c
+++ b/edit/editcmd.c
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ edit_select_codepage_cmd (WEdit *edit)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_CHARSET
     if (do_select_codepage ()) {
-	char *cp_id;
+	const char *cp_id;
 
 	cp_id = get_codepage_id (source_codepage);
 	if (cp_id != NULL)