Index: kernel/generic/src/lib/elf.c
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/src/lib/elf.c	(revision 0f06dbc9e279a4380434d87575cde2b6424d2b9b)
+++ kernel/generic/src/lib/elf.c	(revision a000878c0dee83a08f032207ffd800c201fca95b)
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@
 #include <arch.h>
 
-static char *error_codes[] = {
+static const char *error_codes[] = {
 	"no error",
 	"invalid image",
@@ -137,5 +137,5 @@
  * @return NULL terminated description of error.
  */
-char *elf_error(unsigned int rc)
+const char *elf_error(unsigned int rc)
 {
 	ASSERT(rc < sizeof(error_codes) / sizeof(char *));