diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h
index 34fc8e7151..5a7e9a62b3 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/Ecore_File.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ extern "C" {
    EAPI int         ecore_file_mv           (const char *src, const char *dst);
    EAPI char       *ecore_file_realpath     (const char *file);
    EAPI int         ecore_file_unlink       (const char *file);
-   EAPI char       *ecore_file_get_file     (char *path);
+   EAPI const char *ecore_file_get_file     (const char *path);
    EAPI char       *ecore_file_get_dir      (char *path);
 
    EAPI int         ecore_file_can_exec     (const char *file);
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
index efbeb2534c..e53d909df2 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ ecore_file_realpath(const char *file)
    return strdup(buf);
 }
 
-char *
-ecore_file_get_file(char *path)
+const char *
+ecore_file_get_file(const char *path)
 {
    char *result = NULL;