diff --git a/include/gsl/string_span b/include/gsl/string_span
index fa8b515..3c40aaa 100644
--- a/include/gsl/string_span
+++ b/include/gsl/string_span
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace details
     {
         if (str == nullptr || n <= 0) return 0;
 
-        span<const CharT> str_span{str, n};
+        const span<const CharT> str_span{str, n};
 
         std::ptrdiff_t len = 0;
         while (len < n && str_span[len]) len++;