diff --git a/libc/src/string/memory_utils/utils.h b/libc/src/string/memory_utils/utils.h
index f70880ee853d3..9c293185a2e9f 100644
--- a/libc/src/string/memory_utils/utils.h
+++ b/libc/src/string/memory_utils/utils.h
@@ -341,9 +341,9 @@ void align_p1_to_next_boundary(T1 *__restrict &p1, T2 *__restrict &p2,
 }
 
 // Same as align_p1_to_next_boundary above but with a single pointer instead.
-template <size_t SIZE, typename T1>
-LIBC_INLINE void align_to_next_boundary(T1 *&p1, size_t &count) {
-  CPtr dummy;
+template <size_t SIZE, typename T>
+LIBC_INLINE void align_to_next_boundary(T *&p1, size_t &count) {
+  const T *dummy = p1;
   align_p1_to_next_boundary<SIZE>(p1, dummy, count);
 }