diff --git a/cgo/lapack.go b/cgo/lapack.go
index 7d035aa3..2ce79d83 100644
--- a/cgo/lapack.go
+++ b/cgo/lapack.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 	badShifts       = "lapack: bad shifts"
 	badSide         = "lapack: bad side"
 	badSlice        = "lapack: bad input slice length"
+	badSort         = "lapack: bad Sort"
 	badStore        = "lapack: bad store"
 	badTau          = "lapack: tau has insufficient length"
 	badTauQ         = "lapack: tauQ has insufficient length"
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ func (impl Implementation) Dlasrt(s lapack.Sort, n int, d []float64) {
 	checkVector(n, d, 1)
 	switch s {
 	default:
-		panic("lapack: bad sort")
+		panic(badSort)
 	case lapack.SortIncreasing, lapack.SortDecreasing:
 	}
 	lapacke.Dlasrt(byte(s), n, d[:n])
diff --git a/native/dlasrt.go b/native/dlasrt.go
index 67219bcc..86773f36 100644
--- a/native/dlasrt.go
+++ b/native/dlasrt.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func (impl Implementation) Dlasrt(s lapack.Sort, n int, d []float64) {
 	d = d[:n]
 	switch s {
 	default:
-		panic("lapack: bad sort")
+		panic(badSort)
 	case lapack.SortIncreasing:
 		sort.Float64s(d)
 	case lapack.SortDecreasing:
diff --git a/native/general.go b/native/general.go
index f0328ffc..d54f6ec4 100644
--- a/native/general.go
+++ b/native/general.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const (
 	badShifts       = "lapack: bad shifts"
 	badSide         = "lapack: bad side"
 	badSlice        = "lapack: bad input slice length"
+	badSort         = "lapack: bad Sort"
 	badStore        = "lapack: bad store"
 	badTau          = "lapack: tau has insufficient length"
 	badTauQ         = "lapack: tauQ has insufficient length"