diff --git a/libavutil/opt.c b/libavutil/opt.c
index a3940f47fb..0a909a8b22 100644
--- a/libavutil/opt.c
+++ b/libavutil/opt.c
@@ -1742,14 +1742,14 @@ void av_opt_free(void *obj)
 
 int av_opt_set_dict2(void *obj, AVDictionary **options, int search_flags)
 {
-    AVDictionaryEntry *t = NULL;
+    const AVDictionaryEntry *t = NULL;
     AVDictionary    *tmp = NULL;
     int ret;
 
     if (!options)
         return 0;
 
-    while ((t = av_dict_get(*options, "", t, AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX))) {
+    while ((t = av_dict_iterate(*options, t))) {
         ret = av_opt_set(obj, t->key, t->value, search_flags);
         if (ret == AVERROR_OPTION_NOT_FOUND)
             ret = av_dict_set(&tmp, t->key, t->value, 0);
@@ -2137,16 +2137,16 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
     case AV_OPT_TYPE_DICT: {
         AVDictionary *dict1 = NULL;
         AVDictionary *dict2 = *(AVDictionary **)dst;
-        AVDictionaryEntry *en1 = NULL;
-        AVDictionaryEntry *en2 = NULL;
+        const AVDictionaryEntry *en1 = NULL;
+        const AVDictionaryEntry *en2 = NULL;
         ret = av_dict_parse_string(&dict1, o->default_val.str, "=", ":", 0);
         if (ret < 0) {
             av_dict_free(&dict1);
             return ret;
         }
         do {
-            en1 = av_dict_get(dict1, "", en1, AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX);
-            en2 = av_dict_get(dict2, "", en2, AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX);
+            en1 = av_dict_iterate(dict1, en1);
+            en2 = av_dict_iterate(dict2, en2);
         } while (en1 && en2 && !strcmp(en1->key, en2->key) && !strcmp(en1->value, en2->value));
         av_dict_free(&dict1);
         return (!en1 && !en2);
diff --git a/libavutil/tests/dict.c b/libavutil/tests/dict.c
index d053545f4d..91567289c2 100644
--- a/libavutil/tests/dict.c
+++ b/libavutil/tests/dict.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void test_separators(const AVDictionary *m, const char pair, const char v
 int main(void)
 {
     AVDictionary *dict = NULL;
-    AVDictionaryEntry *e;
+    const AVDictionaryEntry *e;
     char *buffer = NULL;
 
     printf("Testing av_dict_get_string() and av_dict_parse_string()\n");