diff --git a/pxr/usd/usd/schemaRegistry.cpp b/pxr/usd/usd/schemaRegistry.cpp
index 9ee1af195c..39ca9ce959 100644
--- a/pxr/usd/usd/schemaRegistry.cpp
+++ b/pxr/usd/usd/schemaRegistry.cpp
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ BuildPrimDefinition(_SchemaDefInitHelper *defInitHelper)
 
     // Get the list of names of any override properties this schema may have as
     // we want to skip these at first when initializing the prim definition.
-    VtTokenArray overridePropertyNames = _GetOverridePropertyNames(
+    const VtTokenArray overridePropertyNames = _GetOverridePropertyNames(
         schematicsLayer, schematicsPrimPath);
 
     // Multiple apply schemas are actually templates for creating an instance of
@@ -1455,7 +1455,8 @@ BuildPrimDefinition(_SchemaDefInitHelper *defInitHelper)
     // With all the built-in API schemas composed in, we can now compose any
     // API schema property overrides declared in this API schema over the 
     // defined properties.
-    for (const TfToken &overridePropertyName :  overridePropertyNames) {
+    for (const TfToken &overridePropertyName :
+         overridePropertyNames.AsConst()) {
         primDef->_ComposeOverAndReplaceExistingProperty(
             overridePropertyName,
             schematicsLayer,
@@ -1535,7 +1536,7 @@ _PopulateConcretePrimDefinitions() const
         const SdfPath schematicsPrimPath = 
             SdfPath::AbsoluteRootPath().AppendChild(schemaInfo->identifier);
 
-        VtTokenArray overridePropertyNames = _GetOverridePropertyNames(
+        const VtTokenArray overridePropertyNames = _GetOverridePropertyNames(
             schematicsLayer, schematicsPrimPath);
 
         // Create and initialize a new prim definition for the concrete schema.
@@ -1565,7 +1566,8 @@ _PopulateConcretePrimDefinitions() const
         // With all the built-in API schemas applied, we can now compose any
         // API schema property overrides declared in the typed schema over the 
         // current defined properties.
-        for (const TfToken &overridePropertyName : overridePropertyNames) {
+        for (const TfToken &overridePropertyName :
+             overridePropertyNames.AsConst()) {
             primDef->_ComposeOverAndReplaceExistingProperty(
                 overridePropertyName,
                 schematicsLayer,