diff --git a/bloom.c b/bloom.c
index 2d7b951e5b..d604e8f07a 100644
--- a/bloom.c
+++ b/bloom.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 		struct hashmap_iter iter;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < diff_queued_diff.nr; i++) {
-			const char *path = diff_queued_diff.queue[i]->two->path;
+			char *path = diff_queued_diff.queue[i]->two->path;
 
 			/*
 			 * Add each leading directory of the changed file, i.e. for
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ struct bloom_filter *get_or_compute_bloom_filter(struct repository *r,
 					free(e);
 
 				if (!last_slash)
-					last_slash = (char*)path;
+					last_slash = path;
 				*last_slash = '\0';
 
 			} while (*path);