diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/target_spirv.c b/tools/qfcc/source/target_spirv.c
index 57a851e8c..359642ead 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/target_spirv.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/target_spirv.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,7 @@ spirv_declare_sym (specifier_t spec, const expr_t *init, symtab_t *symtab,
 		// spir-v locals are references
 		sym->type = reference_type (sym->type);
 	}
+	sym->lvalue = !spec.is_const;
 	symtab_addsymbol (symtab, sym);
 	if (symtab->type == stab_local) {
 		if (init) {