diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 47a8ac2c18..a28fdad66c 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-04-19  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* xcoffread.c (xcoff_initial_scan): Add cast to 'char *'.
+
 2013-04-19  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* coff-pe-read.c (read_pe_exported_syms): Handle strings as char.
diff --git a/gdb/xcoffread.c b/gdb/xcoffread.c
index 60135514ac..2b5f9b77b1 100644
--- a/gdb/xcoffread.c
+++ b/gdb/xcoffread.c
@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ xcoff_initial_scan (struct objfile *objfile, int symfile_flags)
 		  }
 	      }
 	  }
-	info->debugsec = debugsec;
+	info->debugsec = (char *) debugsec;
       }
     }