diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
index b74d1195b6..e6f9e54abf 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.cpp
@@ -2352,9 +2352,9 @@ QList<QTableWidgetSelectionRange> QTableWidget::selectedRanges() const
   \sa selectedIndexes()
 */
 
-QList<QTableWidgetItem*> QTableWidget::selectedItems()
+QList<QTableWidgetItem*> QTableWidget::selectedItems() const
 {
-    Q_D(QTableWidget);
+    Q_D(const QTableWidget);
     QModelIndexList indexes = selectionModel()->selectedIndexes();
     QList<QTableWidgetItem*> items;
     for (int i = 0; i < indexes.count(); ++i) {
diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.h b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.h
index 206d55995a..ce0295afdc 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.h
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qtablewidget.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public:
     void setRangeSelected(const QTableWidgetSelectionRange &range, bool select);
 
     QList<QTableWidgetSelectionRange> selectedRanges() const;
-    QList<QTableWidgetItem*> selectedItems();
+    QList<QTableWidgetItem*> selectedItems() const;
     QList<QTableWidgetItem*> findItems(const QString &text, Qt::MatchFlags flags) const;
 
     int visualRow(int logicalRow) const;