diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib/0001-packlib.c-support-dictionary-byte-order-dependent.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib/0001-packlib.c-support-dictionary-byte-order-dependent.patch
index 20572b55c4..35229ae890 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib/0001-packlib.c-support-dictionary-byte-order-dependent.patch
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cracklib/cracklib/0001-packlib.c-support-dictionary-byte-order-dependent.patch
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ index 9396e1d..d0bb181 100644
 +	    PWDICT tmp_pwp;
 +
 +	    memcpy(&tmp_pwp, pwp, sizeof(PWDICT));
-+	    HwmsHostToBigEndian(tmp_pwp.hwms, sizeof(tmp_pwp.hwms), en_is32);
++	    HwmsHostToBigEndian((char *)tmp_pwp.hwms, sizeof(tmp_pwp.hwms), en_is32);
 +	    fwrite(tmp_pwp.hwms, 1, sizeof(tmp_pwp.hwms), pwp->wfp);
  	}
      }