diff --git a/src/core/execute.c b/src/core/execute.c
index 2ec8620b86..1572515615 100644
--- a/src/core/execute.c
+++ b/src/core/execute.c
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ static int build_pass_environment(const ExecContext *c, char ***ret) {
 static bool exec_needs_mount_namespace(
                 const ExecContext *context,
                 const ExecParameters *params,
-                ExecRuntime *runtime) {
+                const ExecRuntime *runtime) {
 
         assert(context);
         assert(params);