diff --git a/source4/libcli/ldap/ldap.h b/source4/libcli/ldap/ldap.h
index abb4617c485..3d99d6f47d1 100644
--- a/source4/libcli/ldap/ldap.h
+++ b/source4/libcli/ldap/ldap.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct ldap_SearchRequest {
 	bool attributesonly;
 	struct ldb_parse_tree *tree;
 	int num_attributes;
-	const char **attributes;
+	const char * const *attributes;
 };
 
 struct ldap_SearchResEntry {
diff --git a/source4/libcli/ldap/ldap_ildap.c b/source4/libcli/ldap/ldap_ildap.c
index 8f21af06900..f059e3882ad 100644
--- a/source4/libcli/ldap/ldap_ildap.c
+++ b/source4/libcli/ldap/ldap_ildap.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ _PUBLIC_ NTSTATUS ildap_search_bytree(struct ldap_connection *conn, const char *
 	msg->r.SearchRequest.attributesonly = attributesonly;
 	msg->r.SearchRequest.tree = tree;
 	msg->r.SearchRequest.num_attributes = n;
-	msg->r.SearchRequest.attributes = discard_const(attrs);
+	msg->r.SearchRequest.attributes = attrs;
 	msg->controls = control_req;
 
 	req = ldap_request_send(conn, msg);