diff --git a/lib/list_sort.c b/lib/list_sort.c
index 52f0c258c895..4c1b941392b0 100644
--- a/lib/list_sort.c
+++ b/lib/list_sort.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
 typedef int __attribute__((nonnull(2,3))) (*cmp_func)(void *,
-		struct list_head const *, struct list_head const *);
+		struct list_head *, struct list_head *);
 
 /*
  * Returns a list organized in an intermediate format suited
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head,
 		if (likely(bits)) {
 			struct list_head *a = *tail, *b = a->prev;
 
-			a = merge(priv, (cmp_func)cmp, b, a);
+			a = merge(priv, cmp, b, a);
 			/* Install the merged result in place of the inputs */
 			a->prev = b->prev;
 			*tail = a;
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head,
 
 		if (!next)
 			break;
-		list = merge(priv, (cmp_func)cmp, pending, list);
+		list = merge(priv, cmp, pending, list);
 		pending = next;
 	}
 	/* The final merge, rebuilding prev links */