diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemm.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemm.hpp
index 29308304d8..50a8be6018 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/detail/gemm.hpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void gemm(const raft::handle_t& handle,
           const math_t* B,
           const int ldb,
           const math_t* beta,
-          const math_t* C,
+          math_t* C,
           const int ldc,
           cudaStream_t stream)
 {
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.cuh
index 9670834ff0..16a5bc48ea 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.cuh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void gemm(const raft::handle_t& handle,
           const math_t* B,
           const int ldb,
           const math_t* beta,
-          const math_t* C,
+          math_t* C,
           const int ldc,
           cudaStream_t stream)
 {
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.hpp
index 56621e4f8b..37c6b2d552 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/gemm.hpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void gemm(const raft::handle_t& handle,
           const math_t* B,
           const int ldb,
           const math_t* beta,
-          const math_t* C,
+          math_t* C,
           const int ldc,
           cudaStream_t stream)
 {
@@ -181,4 +181,4 @@ void gemm(const raft::handle_t& handle,
 }  // end namespace linalg
 }  // end namespace raft
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif