diff --git a/headers/posix/dirent.h b/headers/posix/dirent.h
index 9d8510eee3..ea8d941be8 100644
--- a/headers/posix/dirent.h
+++ b/headers/posix/dirent.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int				closedir(DIR* dir);
 void			rewinddir(DIR* dir);
 void 			seekdir(DIR* dir, long int position);
 long int		telldir(DIR* dir);
-int				dirfd(const DIR* dir);
+int				dirfd(DIR* dir);
 
 int				alphasort(const struct dirent** entry1,
 					const struct dirent** entry2);
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/dirent.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/dirent.c
index f4c8104237..fef3e3b9b8 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/dirent.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/dirent.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ telldir(DIR* dir)
 
 
 int
-dirfd(const DIR* dir)
+dirfd(DIR* dir)
 {
 	return dir->fd;
 }