diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
index 4e2e749faf..68a528a9aa 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/dispatch.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bool qmp_has_success_response(const QmpCommand *cmd);
 QDict *qmp_error_response(Error *err);
 QDict *qmp_dispatch(QmpCommandList *cmds, QObject *request,
                     bool allow_oob);
-bool qmp_is_oob(QDict *dict);
+bool qmp_is_oob(const QDict *dict);
 
 typedef void (*qmp_cmd_callback_fn)(QmpCommand *cmd, void *opaque);
 
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c b/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
index d8da1a62de..1d922e04f7 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-dispatch.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ QDict *qmp_error_response(Error *err)
 /*
  * Does @qdict look like a command to be run out-of-band?
  */
-bool qmp_is_oob(QDict *dict)
+bool qmp_is_oob(const QDict *dict)
 {
     return qdict_haskey(dict, "exec-oob")
         && !qdict_haskey(dict, "execute");