diff --git a/src/rbtree.c b/src/rbtree.c
index 07e1041..9b7fe83 100644
--- a/src/rbtree.c
+++ b/src/rbtree.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 /*
  * This function returns the first node (in sort order) of the tree.
  */
-struct rb_node *rb_first(struct rb_root *root)
+struct rb_node *rb_first(const struct rb_root *root)
 {
 	struct rb_node	*n;
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 	return n;
 }
 
-struct rb_node *rb_last(struct rb_root *root)
+struct rb_node *rb_last(const struct rb_root *root)
 {
 	struct rb_node	*n;
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
 	return n;
 }
 
-struct rb_node *rb_next(struct rb_node *node)
+struct rb_node *rb_next(const struct rb_node *node)
 {
 	struct rb_node *parent;
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 		node = node->rb_right; 
 		while (node->rb_left)
 			node=node->rb_left;
-		return node;
+		return (struct rb_node *)node;
 	}
 
 	/* No right-hand children.  Everything down and left is
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 	return parent;
 }
 
-struct rb_node *rb_prev(struct rb_node *node)
+struct rb_node *rb_prev(const struct rb_node *node)
 {
 	struct rb_node *parent;
 
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 		node = node->rb_left; 
 		while (node->rb_right)
 			node=node->rb_right;
-		return node;
+		return (struct rb_node *)node;
 	}
 
 	/* No left-hand children. Go up till we find an ancestor which