Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/ISSMToPetscMatrixType.cpp
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/ISSMToPetscMatrixType.cpp	(revision 13753)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/ISSMToPetscMatrixType.cpp	(revision 13754)
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 #include "../../../shared/shared.h"
 
-MatType ISSMToPetscMatrixType(MatrixType type){
+const MatType ISSMToPetscMatrixType(MatrixType type){
 
 	switch(type){
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/petscpatches.h
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/petscpatches.h	(revision 13753)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/petsc/patches/petscpatches.h	(revision 13754)
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
 InsertMode ISSMToPetscInsertMode(InsMode mode);
 NormType ISSMToPetscNormMode(NormMode mode);
-MatType ISSMToPetscMatrixType(MatrixType type);
+const MatType ISSMToPetscMatrixType(MatrixType type);
 
 void PetscMatrixToDoubleMatrix(double** pmatrix, int* prows, int* pcols,Mat matrix);