diff --git a/glib/src/collections/list.rs b/glib/src/collections/list.rs
index 8fff10cc01e7..71bf92b3e933 100644
--- a/glib/src/collections/list.rs
+++ b/glib/src/collections/list.rs
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ pub struct IterMut<'a, T: TransparentPtrType> {
 
 impl<'a, T: TransparentPtrType> IterMut<'a, T> {
     #[inline]
-    fn new(list: &'a List<T>) -> IterMut<'a, T> {
+    fn new(list: &'a mut List<T>) -> IterMut<'a, T> {
         debug_assert_eq!(
             mem::size_of::<T>(),
             mem::size_of::<<T as GlibPtrDefault>::GlibType>()
diff --git a/glib/src/collections/slist.rs b/glib/src/collections/slist.rs
index 4fa8fbf0ec6f..70f013b202cd 100644
--- a/glib/src/collections/slist.rs
+++ b/glib/src/collections/slist.rs
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ pub struct IterMut<'a, T: TransparentPtrType> {
 
 impl<'a, T: TransparentPtrType> IterMut<'a, T> {
     #[inline]
-    fn new(list: &'a SList<T>) -> IterMut<'a, T> {
+    fn new(list: &'a mut SList<T>) -> IterMut<'a, T> {
         debug_assert_eq!(
             mem::size_of::<T>(),
             mem::size_of::<<T as GlibPtrDefault>::GlibType>()