diff --git a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/CABACReader.cpp b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/CABACReader.cpp
index 9ce7a27cc14da248af0134fc1205b9169bb5d8fb..18ae062abc939b5c2351b1f3cef785aaaa8ef1d9 100644
--- a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/CABACReader.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/CABACReader.cpp
@@ -4217,7 +4217,7 @@ void CABACReader::residual_coding_subblockTS( CoeffCodingContext& cctx, TCoeff*
   }
 
   int cutoffVal = 2;
-  int numGtBins = 4;
+  const int numGtBins = 4;
 
   //===== 2nd PASS: gt2 =====
 #if JVET_O0619_GTX_SINGLE_PASS_TS_RESIDUAL_CODING