diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_filter.h b/vp9/common/vp9_filter.h
index 676b274b9423c131d234620b283ee2e1b2eda1c9..36d19a76dbe8b642f33e8776ca6ddc0e56e31a08 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_filter.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_filter.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ typedef enum {
   SWITCHABLE = 4  /* should be the last one */
 } INTERPOLATIONFILTERTYPE;
 
-typedef const int16_t subpel_kernel[SUBPEL_TAPS];
+typedef int16_t subpel_kernel[SUBPEL_TAPS];
 
 struct subpix_fn_table {
   const subpel_kernel *filter_x;