diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
index e50d54e97f06..80d50b83d419 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c
@@ -1861,7 +1861,8 @@ ia64_mca_cpu_init(void *cpu_data)
 			data = mca_bootmem();
 			first_time = 0;
 		} else
-			data = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, get_order(sz));
+			data = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
+							get_order(sz));
 		if (!data)
 			panic("Could not allocate MCA memory for cpu %d\n",
 					cpu);