diff --git a/epan/wslua/init_wslua.c b/epan/wslua/init_wslua.c
index b3942f4275..790ea22190 100644
--- a/epan/wslua/init_wslua.c
+++ b/epan/wslua/init_wslua.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int wslua_init(lua_State* LS) {
 	    filename = NULL;
         }
 
-        while((filename = ex_opt_get_next("lua_script"))) {
+        while((filename = (gchar *)ex_opt_get_next("lua_script"))) {
             lua_load_script(filename);
         }
     }
diff --git a/epan/wslua/wslua_util.c b/epan/wslua/wslua_util.c
index 2cb22b1de8..7b38eb3e17 100644
--- a/epan/wslua/wslua_util.c
+++ b/epan/wslua/wslua_util.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ WSLUA_FUNCTION wslua_debug( lua_State* L ) { /* Will add a log entry with debug
 }
 
 /* The returned filename was g_malloc()'d so the caller must free it */
-const char* wslua_get_actual_filename(const char* fname) {
+char* wslua_get_actual_filename(const char* fname) {
 	static char fname_clean[256];
 	char* f;
 	char* filename;