diff --git a/Source/cmXMLParser.cxx b/Source/cmXMLParser.cxx
index 0f68cb617..db9a27c5e 100644
--- a/Source/cmXMLParser.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmXMLParser.cxx
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void cmXMLParserCharacterDataHandler(void* parser, const char* data,
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmXMLParser::ReportXmlParseError()
 {
-  XML_Parser* parser = static_cast<XML_Parser*>(this->Parser);
+  XML_Parser parser = static_cast<XML_Parser>(this->Parser);
   this->ReportError(XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(parser),
                     XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber(parser),
                     XML_ErrorString(XML_GetErrorCode(parser)));