diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h b/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h
index 3cd967c84b..9dd0e6144d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h
@@ -845,14 +845,14 @@ Q_OUTOFLINE_TEMPLATE T QHash<Key, T>::take(const Key &akey)
 template <class Key, class T>
 Q_OUTOFLINE_TEMPLATE typename QHash<Key, T>::iterator QHash<Key, T>::erase(iterator it)
 {
-    Q_ASSERT_X(isValidIterator(it), "QHash::erase", "The specified const_iterator argument 'it' is invalid");
+    Q_ASSERT_X(isValidIterator(it), "QHash::erase", "The specified iterator argument 'it' is invalid");
 
     if (it == iterator(e))
         return it;
 
     if (d->ref.isShared()) {
         int bucketNum = (it.i->h % d->numBuckets);
-        const_iterator bucketIterator(*(d->buckets + bucketNum));
+        iterator bucketIterator(*(d->buckets + bucketNum));
         int stepsFromBucketStartToIte = 0;
         while (bucketIterator != it) {
             ++stepsFromBucketStartToIte;