diff --git a/src/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel.cpp b/src/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
index 42d83775b8a..d950fd193a0 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ QModelIndex QFileSystemModel::index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex &pare
     const QFileSystemModelPrivate::QFileSystemNode *indexNode = parentNode->children.value(childName);
     Q_ASSERT(indexNode);
 
-    return createIndex(row, column, const_cast<QFileSystemModelPrivate::QFileSystemNode*>(indexNode));
+    return createIndex(row, column, indexNode);
 }
 
 /*!