diff --git a/modules/im/ximcp/imRm.c b/modules/im/ximcp/imRm.c
index 4c462527..4e6eae6c 100644
--- a/modules/im/ximcp/imRm.c
+++ b/modules/im/ximcp/imRm.c
@@ -2416,8 +2416,8 @@ _XimSetICMode(XIMResourceList res_list, unsigned int list_num, XIMStyle style)
 						list_num, ic_mode_quark[i]))) {
 	    continue;
 	}
-	res->mode = ( (*(unsigned short *)((char *)&ic_mode[i] + pre_offset))
-		    | (*(unsigned short *)((char *)&ic_mode[i] + sts_offset)));
+	res->mode = ( (*(const unsigned short *)((const char *)&ic_mode[i] + pre_offset))
+		    | (*(const unsigned short *)((const char *)&ic_mode[i] + sts_offset)));
     }
     return;
 }
diff --git a/modules/lc/gen/lcGenConv.c b/modules/lc/gen/lcGenConv.c
index 1041dc70..96904afa 100644
--- a/modules/lc/gen/lcGenConv.c
+++ b/modules/lc/gen/lcGenConv.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ byteM_parse_codeset(
 	    continue;
 
         for (j = 0; j < codeset->length; j++) {
-	    ch = *((unsigned char *)(inbufptr + j));
+	    ch = *((const unsigned char *)(inbufptr + j));
 	    byteM_rec = byteM[j];
 	    byteinfo = byteM_rec.byteinfo;