diff --git a/libavutil/eval.c b/libavutil/eval.c
index 9d179309b7..7a28dbe12d 100644
--- a/libavutil/eval.c
+++ b/libavutil/eval.c
@@ -564,7 +564,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int i;
     double d;
-    const char **expr, *exprs[] = {
+    const char *const *expr;
+    static const char *const exprs[] = {
         "",
         "1;2",
         "-20",