diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ecp.h b/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
index 619a8a51a..76aef32fb 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ int mbedtls_ecp_write_key(mbedtls_ecp_keypair *key,
  *                  or the export for the given group is not implemented.
  * \return          Another negative error code on other kinds of failure.
  */
-int mbedtls_ecp_write_public_key(mbedtls_ecp_keypair *key,
+int mbedtls_ecp_write_public_key(const mbedtls_ecp_keypair *key,
                                  int format, size_t *olen,
                                  unsigned char *buf, size_t buflen);
 
diff --git a/library/ecp.c b/library/ecp.c
index 12924bf32..758d54bd7 100644
--- a/library/ecp.c
+++ b/library/ecp.c
@@ -3336,7 +3336,7 @@ cleanup:
 /*
  * Write a public key.
  */
-int mbedtls_ecp_write_public_key(mbedtls_ecp_keypair *key,
+int mbedtls_ecp_write_public_key(const mbedtls_ecp_keypair *key,
                                  int format, size_t *olen,
                                  unsigned char *buf, size_t buflen)
 {