diff --git a/include/fast_float/ascii_number.h b/include/fast_float/ascii_number.h
index 65f26eb..646eb89 100644
--- a/include/fast_float/ascii_number.h
+++ b/include/fast_float/ascii_number.h
@@ -656,7 +656,6 @@ parse_int_string(UC const *p, UC const *pend, T &value,
 
       if (len >= sizeof(uint32_t)) {
         digits = read_chars_to_unsigned<uint32_t>(p);
-
       } else {
         uint32_t const b0 = static_cast<uint8_t>(p[0]);
         uint32_t const b1 = (len > 1) ? static_cast<uint8_t>(p[1]) : 0x00u;
diff --git a/include/fast_float/parse_number.h b/include/fast_float/parse_number.h
index d37e155..6252cfb 100644
--- a/include/fast_float/parse_number.h
+++ b/include/fast_float/parse_number.h
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ parse_number_slow_path(UC const *first, UC const *last, T &value,
                        bool bjf
 #endif
                        ) noexcept {
-  parsed_number_string_t<UC> pns =
+  parsed_number_string_t<UC> const pns =
 #ifndef FASTFLOAT_ONLY_POSITIVE_C_NUMBER_WO_INF_NAN
       bjf ? parse_number_string<true, UC>(first, last, options, true) :
 #endif
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ from_chars_float_advanced(UC const *first, UC const *last, T &value,
   // only by the rare slow paths). Skipping their stores keeps the fat
   // parsed_number_string_t off the hot path. store_spans is a runtime argument,
   // so this reuses the single parse_number_string instantiation.
-  parsed_number_string_t<UC> pns =
+  parsed_number_string_t<UC> const pns =
 #ifndef FASTFLOAT_ONLY_POSITIVE_C_NUMBER_WO_INF_NAN
       bjf ? parse_number_string<true, UC>(first, last, options, false) :
 #endif