diff --git a/Modules/_testbuffer.c b/Modules/_testbuffer.c
index 13d3ccc..43db8a8 100644
--- a/Modules/_testbuffer.c
+++ b/Modules/_testbuffer.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 PyObject *calcsize = NULL;
 
 /* cache simple format string */
-static const char simple_fmt[] = "B";
+static const char *simple_fmt = "B";
 PyObject *simple_format = NULL;
 #define SIMPLE_FORMAT(fmt) (fmt == NULL || strcmp(fmt, "B") == 0)
 #define FIX_FORMAT(fmt) (fmt == NULL ? "B" : fmt)