diff --git a/src/common/ers.c b/src/common/ers.c
index a35d62c40d..98d1014c24 100644
--- a/src/common/ers.c
+++ b/src/common/ers.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ ERS *ers_new(uint32 size, const char *name, enum ERSOptions options)
 	instance->VTable.destroy = ers_obj_destroy;
 	instance->VTable.chunk_size = ers_cache_size;
 
-	instance->Name = ( options & ERS_OPT_FREE_NAME ) ? aStrdup(&name) : &name;
+	instance->Name = ( options & ERS_OPT_FREE_NAME ) ? (char *)aStrdup(name) : (char *)name;
 	instance->Options = options;
 
 	instance->Cache = ers_find_cache(size,instance->Options);