diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
index c76376f25..e80650c16 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -4215,7 +4215,7 @@ void unpack(TableContainer& data, std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
         unpack(id, buffer, position, comm);
         SimpleTable table;
         unpack(table, buffer, position, comm);
-        data.addTable(id, std::make_shared<const SimpleTable>(table));
+        data.addTable(id, std::make_shared<SimpleTable>(table));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
index 3c645f1d4..a59604d28 100644
--- a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ Opm::TableContainer getTableContainer()
     data.insert({"test3", getTableColumn()});
     Opm::SimpleTable tab1(getTableSchema(), data, true);
     Opm::TableContainer result(2);
-    result.addTable(0, std::make_shared<const Opm::SimpleTable>(tab1));
-    result.addTable(1, std::make_shared<const Opm::SimpleTable>(tab1));
+    result.addTable(0, std::make_shared<Opm::SimpleTable>(tab1));
+    result.addTable(1, std::make_shared<Opm::SimpleTable>(tab1));
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -760,8 +760,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TableContainer)
     data.insert({"test3", getTableColumn()});
     Opm::SimpleTable tab1(getTableSchema(), data, true);
     Opm::TableContainer val1(2);
-    val1.addTable(0, std::make_shared<const Opm::SimpleTable>(tab1));
-    val1.addTable(1, std::make_shared<const Opm::SimpleTable>(tab1));
+    val1.addTable(0, std::make_shared<Opm::SimpleTable>(tab1));
+    val1.addTable(1, std::make_shared<Opm::SimpleTable>(tab1));
     auto val2 = PackUnpack(val1);
     DO_CHECKS(TableContainer)
 #endif