diff --git a/libavcodec/h263_parser.c b/libavcodec/h263_parser.c
index 7031ad9019..53a26c05cd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h263_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h263_parser.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int ff_h263_find_frame_end(ParseContext *pc, const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size){
 
 static int h263_parse(AVCodecParserContext *s,
                            AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                           uint8_t **poutbuf, int *poutbuf_size,
+                           const uint8_t **poutbuf, int *poutbuf_size,
                            const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
 {
     ParseContext *pc = s->priv_data;