diff --git a/include/reiserfs_lib.h b/include/reiserfs_lib.h
index 087d471..571b07d 100644
--- a/include/reiserfs_lib.h
+++ b/include/reiserfs_lib.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ typedef struct _transaction reiserfs_trans_t;
 void init_tb_struct(struct tree_balance *tb, reiserfs_filsys_t *,
 		    struct reiserfs_path *path, int size);
 
-reiserfs_filsys_t *reiserfs_open(char *filename, int flags, int *error,
+reiserfs_filsys_t *reiserfs_open(const char *filename, int flags, int *error,
 				 void *vp, int skip_check);
 reiserfs_filsys_t *reiserfs_create(char *filename, int version,
 				   unsigned long block_count, int block_size,
diff --git a/reiserfscore/reiserfslib.c b/reiserfscore/reiserfslib.c
index 9446890..f5b49f5 100644
--- a/reiserfscore/reiserfslib.c
+++ b/reiserfscore/reiserfslib.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int is_block_count_correct(unsigned long journal_offset,
 /* read super block. fixme: only 4k blocks, pre-journaled format
    is refused. Journal and bitmap are to be opened separately.
    skip_check is set to 1 if checks of openned SB should be omitted.*/
-reiserfs_filsys_t *reiserfs_open(char *filename, int flags,
+reiserfs_filsys_t *reiserfs_open(const char *filename, int flags,
 				 int *error, void *vp, int check)
 {
 	reiserfs_filsys_t *fs;