diff --git a/authfd.c b/authfd.c
index a452a79..4c4552d 100644
--- a/authfd.c
+++ b/authfd.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: authfd.c,v 1.55 2002/06/19 00:27:55 deraadt Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: authfd.c,v 1.56 2002/06/25 16:22:42 markus Exp $");
 
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 			error("Error reading response from authentication socket.");
 			return 0;
 		}
-		buffer_append(reply, (char *) buf, l);
+		buffer_append(reply, buf, l);
 		len -= l;
 	}
 	return 1;