diff --git a/Objects/bufferobject.c b/Objects/bufferobject.c
index f635960..eb02e32 100644
--- a/Objects/bufferobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bufferobject.c
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@
 
         if (PyUnicode_Check(other)) {
 		/* XXX HACK */
-		if ( (count = (*pb->bf_getcharbuffer)(other, 0, &ptr2)) < 0 )
+		if ( (count = (*pb->bf_getcharbuffer)(other, 0,
+                                                      (char **)&ptr2)) < 0 )
 			return NULL;
 	}
 	else {