diff --git a/src/clj/coffi/ffi.clj b/src/clj/coffi/ffi.clj
index d6e72fd..6c174af 100644
--- a/src/clj/coffi/ffi.clj
+++ b/src/clj/coffi/ffi.clj
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
 (defn const
   "Gets the value of a constant stored in `symbol-or-addr`."
   [symbol-or-addr type]
-  (mem/deserialize (.address (ensure-symbol symbol-or-addr)) [::mem/pointer type]))
+  (mem/deserialize (ensure-symbol symbol-or-addr) [::mem/pointer type]))
 
 (s/def ::defconst-args
   (s/cat :var-name simple-symbol?
diff --git a/test/c/ffi_test.c b/test/c/ffi_test.c
index 21095cf..aca0368 100644
--- a/test/c/ffi_test.c
+++ b/test/c/ffi_test.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+const int c = 42;
+
 int add_numbers(int a, int b) {
     return a + b;
 }
diff --git a/test/clj/coffi/ffi_test.clj b/test/clj/coffi/ffi_test.clj
index cc44347..adda64c 100644
--- a/test/clj/coffi/ffi_test.clj
+++ b/test/clj/coffi/ffi_test.clj
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 (t/deftest can-load-symbols
   (t/is (not (nil? (ffi/find-symbol "add_numbers")))))
 
+(t/deftest can-fetch-constant
+  (t/is (= 42 (ffi/const "c" ::mem/int))))
+
 (t/deftest can-call-primitive-fns
   (t/is (= 5 ((ffi/cfn "add_numbers" [::mem/int ::mem/int] ::mem/int) 2 3))))