diff --git a/src/checkout.c b/src/checkout.c
index fa8f523df9ae45b56e00f5a3d11edfdfa76cff07..0f408341f7fe172b9125fdbeb8dc59b32f23f918 100644
--- a/src/checkout.c
+++ b/src/checkout.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ findslash (const char *start, const char *p)
 {
     for (;;)
     {
-	if (ISSLASH (*p)) return (void *)p;
+	if (ISSLASH (*p)) return (char *)p;
 	if (p == start) break;
 	--p;
     }