diff --git a/library/blowfish.c b/library/blowfish.c
index 89be4d1..9003f0d 100644
--- a/library/blowfish.c
+++ b/library/blowfish.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 /* Implementation that should never be optimized out by the compiler */
 static void mbedtls_zeroize( void *v, size_t n ) {
-    volatile unsigned char *p = v; while( n-- ) *p++ = 0;
+    volatile unsigned char *p = (unsigned char*)v; while( n-- ) *p++ = 0;
 }
 
 /*