--- b/contrib/mtree/create.c	
+++ b/contrib/mtree/create.c	
@@ -84,13 +84,6 @@ static uid_t uid;
 static mode_t mode;
 static u_long flags;
 
-#ifdef __FreeBSD__
-#define	FTS_CONST const
-#else
-#define	FTS_CONST
-#endif
-
-static int	dcmp(const FTSENT *FTS_CONST *, const FTSENT *FTS_CONST *);
 static void	output(FILE *, int, int *, const char *, ...)
     __printflike(4, 5);
 static int	statd(FILE *, FTS *, FTSENT *, uid_t *, gid_t *, mode_t *,
@@ -449,7 +442,7 @@ statd(FILE *fp, FTS *t, FTSENT *parent, uid_t *puid, gid_t *pgid, mode_t *pmode,
  *
  * Keep this in sync with nodecmp() in spec.c.
  */
-static int
+int
 dcmp(const FTSENT *FTS_CONST *a, const FTSENT *FTS_CONST *b)
 {
 
--- b/contrib/mtree/extern.h	
+++ b/contrib/mtree/extern.h	
@@ -59,11 +59,18 @@ enum flavor {
 	F_NETBSD6
 };
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#define	FTS_CONST const
+#else
+#define	FTS_CONST
+#endif
+
 void	 addtag(slist_t *, char *);
 int	 check_excludes(const char *, const char *);
 int	 compare(NODE *, FTSENT *);
 int	 crc(int, u_int32_t *, u_int32_t *);
 void	 cwalk(FILE *);
+int	 dcmp(const FTSENT *FTS_CONST *, const FTSENT *FTS_CONST *);
 void	 dump_nodes(FILE *, const char *, NODE *, int);
 void	 init_excludes(void);
 int	 matchtags(NODE *);
--- b/contrib/mtree/verify.c	
+++ b/contrib/mtree/verify.c	
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ vwalk(void)
 	argv[0] = dot;
 	argv[1] = NULL;
 
-	if ((t = fts_open(argv, ftsoptions, NULL)) == NULL)
+	if ((t = fts_open(argv, ftsoptions, dcmp)) == NULL)
 		mtree_err("fts_open: %s", strerror(errno));
 	level = root;
 	specdepth = rval = 0;