diff --git a/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c b/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c
index 8d67fb2864c6d..df01d3df91137 100644
--- a/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c
+++ b/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static int status_comp(const void *a, const void *b) /* {{{ */
 
 static const char *get_status_string(int code) /* {{{ */
 {
-	http_response_status_code_pair needle = {code, NULL},
+	const http_response_status_code_pair needle = {code, NULL},
 		*result = NULL;
 
 	result = bsearch(&needle, http_status_map, http_status_map_len, sizeof(needle), status_comp);