1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index ca59643e5..6c15f65c9 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static int writeTarFile(const int tar_fd, const int verboseFlag,
                 int gzipDataPipe[2] = { -1, -1 };
                 int gzipStatusPipe[2] = { -1, -1 };
                 volatile int vfork_exec_errno = 0;
-                char *zip_exec = (gzip == 1) ? "gzip" : "bzip2";
+                const char *zip_exec = (gzip == 1) ? "gzip" : "bzip2";
 
                 if (pipe(gzipDataPipe) < 0 || pipe(gzipStatusPipe) < 0)
                         bb_perror_msg_and_die("pipe");