diff --git a/src/mesh/ItemArrayUtils.hpp b/src/mesh/ItemArrayUtils.hpp
index 1bb8d929f12a2f834535a70166e43a130fb73e40..0d90f77af27add5f08982e2be535bd7b779837a9 100644
--- a/src/mesh/ItemArrayUtils.hpp
+++ b/src/mesh/ItemArrayUtils.hpp
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ synchronize(ItemArray<DataType, item_type, ConnectivityPtr> item_array)
 
 template <typename DataType, ItemType item_type, typename ConnectivityPtr>
 bool
-isSynchronized(ItemArray<const DataType, item_type, ConnectivityPtr> item_array)
+isSynchronized(ItemArray<DataType, item_type, ConnectivityPtr> item_array)
 {
   bool is_synchronized = true;