diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu.c b/src/cpu/cpu.c
index 50406691612ec6739857a44336ac985c61e2583d..9d34206bf51bf7c6caafbcea83ac1da66e072fd4 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu.c
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ virCPUGetModels(virArch arch, char ***models)
 int
 virCPUTranslate(virArch arch,
                 virCPUDefPtr cpu,
-                char **models,
+                const char **models,
                 unsigned int nmodels)
 {
     struct cpuArchDriver *driver;
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ virCPUTranslate(virArch arch,
         cpu->mode == VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH)
         return 0;
 
-    if (virCPUModelIsAllowed(cpu->model, (const char **) models, nmodels))
+    if (virCPUModelIsAllowed(cpu->model, models, nmodels))
         return 0;
 
     if (cpu->fallback != VIR_CPU_FALLBACK_ALLOW) {
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ virCPUTranslate(virArch arch,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (driver->translate(cpu, (const char **) models, nmodels) < 0)
+    if (driver->translate(cpu, models, nmodels) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("model=%s", NULLSTR(cpu->model));
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu.h b/src/cpu/cpu.h
index 917d847e02c8d41f327583dbe03298fef7f5efe5..5ad811270ebd55e73e04f301d520e65f386b03b6 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ virCPUGetModels(virArch arch, char ***models);
 int
 virCPUTranslate(virArch arch,
                 virCPUDefPtr cpu,
-                char **models,
+                const char **models,
                 unsigned int nmodels)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2);
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 09b2a72b53994880c4eb6358592229161f082d1f..14c799e46f5a556bb5cb0dda532ab419d66531e4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5083,7 +5083,8 @@ qemuProcessUpdateGuestCPU(virDomainDefPtr def,
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virQEMUCapsGetCPUDefinitions(qemuCaps, &models, &nmodels) < 0 ||
-        virCPUTranslate(def->os.arch, def->cpu, models, nmodels) < 0)
+        virCPUTranslate(def->os.arch, def->cpu,
+                        (const char **) models, nmodels) < 0)
         goto cleanup;
 
     def->cpu->fallback = VIR_CPU_FALLBACK_FORBID;