diff --git a/mapows.c b/mapows.c
index f141a7b..5a94ecb 100644
--- a/mapows.c
+++ b/mapows.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int msOWSPreParseRequest(cgiRequestObj *request,
 #endif
     if (ows_request->document == NULL
         || (root = xmlDocGetRootElement(ows_request->document)) == NULL) {
-      xmlErrorPtr error = xmlGetLastError();
+      const xmlError *error = xmlGetLastError();
       msSetError(MS_OWSERR, "XML parsing error: %s",
                  "msOWSPreParseRequest()", error->message);
       return MS_FAILURE;
diff --git a/mapwcs.cpp b/mapwcs.cpp
index 70e63b8..19afa79 100644
--- a/mapwcs.cpp
+++ b/mapwcs.cpp
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static int msWCSParseRequest(cgiRequestObj *request, wcsParamsObj *params, mapOb
     /* parse to DOM-Structure and get root element */
     if((doc = xmlParseMemory(request->postrequest, strlen(request->postrequest)))
         == NULL) {
-      xmlErrorPtr error = xmlGetLastError();
+      const xmlError *error = xmlGetLastError();
       msSetError(MS_WCSERR, "XML parsing error: %s",
                  "msWCSParseRequest()", error->message);
       return MS_FAILURE;
diff --git a/mapwcs20.cpp b/mapwcs20.cpp
index b35e803..2431bdc 100644
--- a/mapwcs20.cpp
+++ b/mapwcs20.cpp
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ int msWCSParseRequest20(mapObj *map,
 
     /* parse to DOM-Structure and get root element */
     if(doc == NULL) {
-      xmlErrorPtr error = xmlGetLastError();
+      const xmlError *error = xmlGetLastError();
       msSetError(MS_WCSERR, "XML parsing error: %s",
                  "msWCSParseRequest20()", error->message);
       return MS_FAILURE;