diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/components/open_panels.cpp b/modules/gui/qt/components/open_panels.cpp
index 61d2359b52bc057f12afb2e793e82e05f42cbed9..6a9bf6c2635b5dacae6ce998a555926a96db2d46 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/components/open_panels.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/components/open_panels.cpp
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ DiscOpenPanel::DiscOpenPanel( QWidget *_parent, intf_thread_t *_p_intf ) :
     QComboBox *discCombo = ui.deviceCombo; /* avoid namespacing in macro */
     POPULATE_WITH_DEVS( ppsz_discdevices, discCombo );
     char *psz_config = config_GetPsz( p_intf, "dvd" );
-    int temp = ui.deviceCombo->findData( psz_config, Qt::UserRole, Qt::MatchStartsWith );
+    int temp = ui.deviceCombo->findData( { const_cast<const char *>( psz_config ) }, Qt::UserRole, Qt::MatchStartsWith );
     free( psz_config );
     if( temp != -1 )
         ui.deviceCombo->setCurrentIndex( temp );