diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index 1b87d1be0078d9b26993a926fa5d5287695cd869..2f131a893c48cd4de5f47adec5a30d6a49e0d1cf 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ static cJSON *cJSONUtils_SortList(cJSON *list)
     return result;
 }
 
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSONUtils_SortObject(cJSON *object)
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSONUtils_SortObject(cJSON * const object)
 {
     object->child = cJSONUtils_SortList(object->child);
 }
diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.h b/cJSON_Utils.h
index 88898eea8c1577bc416ed78206e01526c22827b8..d7234bbe2247e2d7330719fdc5d591abc293e55b 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.h
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.h
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_GenerateMergePatch(cJSON *from, cJSON *to);
 CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(const cJSON * const object, const cJSON * const target);
 
 /* Sorts the members of the object into alphabetical order. */
-CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSONUtils_SortObject(cJSON *object);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSONUtils_SortObject(cJSON * const object);