diff --git a/lib/vtls/bearssl.c b/lib/vtls/bearssl.c
index 7f729713d8..40a5e7879c 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/bearssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/bearssl.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static CURLcode bearssl_connect_step1(struct Curl_easy *data,
   struct ssl_connect_data *connssl = &conn->ssl[sockindex];
   struct ssl_backend_data *backend = connssl->backend;
   const char * const ssl_cafile = SSL_CONN_CONFIG(CAfile);
-  const char * const hostname = SSL_HOST_NAME();
+  const char *hostname = SSL_HOST_NAME();
   const bool verifypeer = SSL_CONN_CONFIG(verifypeer);
   const bool verifyhost = SSL_CONN_CONFIG(verifyhost);
   CURLcode ret;