diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index 6de0f66ae0..b8d7cc39fd 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ int avfilter_graph_add_filter(AVFilterGraph *graphctx, AVFilterContext *filter);
  * @return a negative AVERROR error code in case of failure, a non
  * negative value otherwise
  */
-int avfilter_graph_create_filter(AVFilterContext **filt_ctx, AVFilter *filt,
+int avfilter_graph_create_filter(AVFilterContext **filt_ctx, const AVFilter *filt,
                                  const char *name, const char *args, void *opaque,
                                  AVFilterGraph *graph_ctx);
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c b/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c
index 52edb6b270..fb78a87de3 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfiltergraph.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 }
 #endif
 
-int avfilter_graph_create_filter(AVFilterContext **filt_ctx, AVFilter *filt,
+int avfilter_graph_create_filter(AVFilterContext **filt_ctx, const AVFilter *filt,
                                  const char *name, const char *args, void *opaque,
                                  AVFilterGraph *graph_ctx)
 {