diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/uboot_support.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/uboot_support.c
index 82c5a0de63..09597ba027 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/uboot_support.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/uboot_support.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #if defined(HAS_UBOOT)
 /* Base address of U-Boot environment variables */
-const uint8_t *uboot_environment      = (const char *)0xfff40000;
+const uint8_t *uboot_environment      = (const uint8_t *)0xfff40000;
 
 /* Length of area reserved for U-Boot environment variables */
 const size_t  uboot_environment_size = 0x10000;