diff --git a/library/aes.c b/library/aes.c
index ec9313d..3666030 100644
--- a/library/aes.c
+++ b/library/aes.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 /* 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;
 }
 
 /*