diff --git a/crypto/asn1/asn1_gen.c b/crypto/asn1/asn1_gen.c
index 4341e5415a9b21401fb1f12fad73c62dec461f7a..62ebe885927e4261e4f658eed80f3af89083319b 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/asn1_gen.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/asn1_gen.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
 struct tag_name_st
 	{
-	char *strnam;
+	const char *strnam;
 	int len;
 	int tag;
 	};
diff --git a/crypto/asn1/asn1t.h b/crypto/asn1/asn1t.h
index a0248368345634cee0aae5b71629af7e63c291b3..cc0cd1c8423b74c80d78184d007cbd1cb1c2bbb7 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/asn1t.h
+++ b/crypto/asn1/asn1t.h
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ unsigned long flags;		/* Various flags */
 long tag;			/* tag, not used if no tagging */
 unsigned long offset;		/* Offset of this field in structure */
 #ifndef NO_ASN1_FIELD_NAMES
-char *field_name;		/* Field name */
+const char *field_name;		/* Field name */
 #endif
 ASN1_ITEM_EXP *item;		/* Relevant ASN1_ITEM or ASN1_ADB */
 };