diff --git a/src/V3Ast.cpp b/src/V3Ast.cpp
index 1bd2cc14e..a48f701e6 100644
--- a/src/V3Ast.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Ast.cpp
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ void AstNode::deleteTree() {
 #ifdef VL_LEAK_CHECKS
 void* AstNode::operator new(size_t size) {
     // Optimization note: Aligning to cache line is a loss, due to lost packing
-    const AstNode* const objp = static_cast<AstNode*>(::operator new(size));
+    AstNode* const objp = static_cast<AstNode*>(::operator new(size));
     V3Broken::addNewed(objp);
     return objp;
 }