diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
index eb64f3884d3dc4719085a7622f816e034b4f5f72..2f389d366e93324c3f481d8c7b0773475b423d83 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct xfs_name xfs_name_dotdot = { (unsigned char *)"..", 2, XFS_DIR3_FT_DIR };
 /*
  * Convert inode mode to directory entry filetype
  */
-const unsigned char xfs_mode_to_ftype(int mode)
+unsigned char xfs_mode_to_ftype(int mode)
 {
 	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 	case S_IFREG:
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.h
index d4b77ab37a98eb80a78fd41021ef2817ea0040ca..d6e6d9d16f6c30d90e88f742c077782bc678b86f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern struct xfs_name	xfs_name_dotdot;
 /*
  * Convert inode mode to directory entry filetype
  */
-extern const unsigned char xfs_mode_to_ftype(int mode);
+extern unsigned char xfs_mode_to_ftype(int mode);
 
 /*
  * directory operations vector for encode/decode routines