diff --git a/src/transport_local.c b/src/transport_local.c
index bb3b10e10..350f2ea4a 100644
--- a/src/transport_local.c
+++ b/src/transport_local.c
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ typedef struct {
 	git_vector *refs;
 } transport_local;
 
+static int cmp_refs(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const char *stra = (const char *)a;
+	const char *strb = (const char *)b;
+	return strcmp(stra, strb);
+}
+
 /*
  * Try to open the url as a git directory. The direction doesn't
  * matter in this case because we're calulating the heads ourselves.
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@ static int local_ls(git_transport *transport, git_headarray *array)
 		return error;
 
 	/* Sort the references first */
-	git__tsort((void **)refs.strings, refs.count, (git_vector_cmp) strcmp);
+	git__tsort((void **)refs.strings, refs.count, &cmp_refs);
 
 	/* Add HEAD */
 	error = add_ref(GIT_HEAD_FILE, repo, vec);