diff --git a/lib/VMCore/LLVMContext.cpp b/lib/VMCore/LLVMContext.cpp
index be5b24f9d7d..5e75d0b69c1 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/LLVMContext.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/LLVMContext.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ using namespace llvm;
 
 static ManagedStatic<LLVMContext> GlobalContext;
 
-LLVMContext& llvm::getGlobalContext() {
+const LLVMContext& llvm::getGlobalContext() {
   return *GlobalContext;
 }