diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index 4708c0bd89..ca641390fb 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ static void local_cleanup(FsContext *ctx)
     g_free(data);
 }
 
-static void error_append_security_model_hint(Error **errp)
+static void error_append_security_model_hint(Error *const *errp)
 {
     error_append_hint(errp, "Valid options are: security_model="
                       "[passthrough|mapped-xattr|mapped-file|none]\n");
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c
index 97ab9c58a5..8136e1342d 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-proxy.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static int connect_namedsocket(const char *path, Error **errp)
     return sockfd;
 }
 
-static void error_append_socket_sockfd_hint(Error **errp)
+static void error_append_socket_sockfd_hint(Error *const *errp)
 {
     error_append_hint(errp, "Either specify socket=/some/path where /some/path"
                       " points to a listening AF_UNIX socket or sock_fd=fd"