diff --git a/native/jni/init.c b/native/jni/init.c
index 3086c8944..46bb6837e 100644
--- a/native/jni/init.c
+++ b/native/jni/init.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 	if (cmd.skip_initramfs) {
 		// Clear rootfs
-		excl_list = (char *[]) { "overlay", ".backup", "proc", "sys", "init.bak", NULL };
+		excl_list = (const char *[]) { "overlay", ".backup", "proc", "sys", "init.bak", NULL };
 		frm_rf(root);
 	} else {
 		// Revert original init binary
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		int system_root = open("/system_root", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
 
 		// Clone rootfs except /system
-		excl_list = (char *[]) { "system", NULL };
+		excl_list = (const char *[]) { "system", NULL };
 		clone_dir(system_root, root);
 		close(system_root);
 
diff --git a/native/jni/utils/file.c b/native/jni/utils/file.c
index 086353bfc..ed6f1dfe0 100644
--- a/native/jni/utils/file.c
+++ b/native/jni/utils/file.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "selinux.h"
 
-char **excl_list = NULL;
+const char **excl_list = NULL;
 
 static int is_excl(const char *name) {
 	if (excl_list)
diff --git a/native/jni/utils/include/utils.h b/native/jni/utils/include/utils.h
index 36e795523..2ac516af9 100644
--- a/native/jni/utils/include/utils.h
+++ b/native/jni/utils/include/utils.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int __fsetxattr(int fd, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int fl
 #define align(p, a)     (((p) + (a) - 1) / (a) * (a))
 #define align_off(p, a) (align(p, a) - (p))
 
-extern char **excl_list;
+extern const char **excl_list;
 
 struct file_attr {
 	struct stat st;