diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 431845ba7fe..32685cbfa16 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-12-01  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	* include/ext/mt_allocator.h (__pool_base::_M_get_align): Remove
+	redundant const qualifier on the return type.
+
 2006-11-29  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
 
 	* include/ext/throw_allocator.h: Consistent @file markup.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/mt_allocator.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/mt_allocator.h
index bc2d61f6eec..6083cdb9c25 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/mt_allocator.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/mt_allocator.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(__gnu_cxx)
     _M_get_binmap(size_t __bytes)
     { return _M_binmap[__bytes]; }
 
-    const size_t
+    size_t
     _M_get_align()
     { return _M_options._M_align; }