diff --git a/src/rtext.c b/src/rtext.c
index d8d29005..982402f5 100644
--- a/src/rtext.c
+++ b/src/rtext.c
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ void UnloadCodepoints(int *codepoints)
 int GetCodepointCount(const char *text)
 {
     unsigned int length = 0;
-    char *ptr = (char *)&text[0];
+    const char *ptr = text;
 
     while (*ptr != '\0')
     {