diff --git a/kresources/groupwise/soap/stdsoap2.cpp b/kresources/groupwise/soap/stdsoap2.cpp
index 3f167eec6..959ada87d 100644
--- a/kresources/groupwise/soap/stdsoap2.cpp
+++ b/kresources/groupwise/soap/stdsoap2.cpp
@@ -8718,7 +8718,7 @@ soap_TQName2s(struct soap *soap, const char *s)
       }
     }
   }
-  t = static_cast<char*>(strchr(s, '"'));
+  t = const_cast<char*>(strchr(s, '"'));
   if (t)
     n = t - s;
   else