diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index d6918fa136f45e35511ca3e05a01ec5a0bdc8968..03cfd7a67da41d043a1e22a0ddff207c097a73de 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 /* Parse the input text into an unescaped cinput, and populate item. */
-static const unsigned char *parse_string(cJSON *item, const unsigned char *input, const unsigned char **error_pointer)
+static const unsigned char *parse_string(cJSON * const item, const unsigned char * const input, const unsigned char ** const error_pointer)
 {
     const unsigned char *input_pointer = input + 1;
     const unsigned char *input_end = input + 1;