diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
index a357dcb26..fbfcdc9a9 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@ dbus_bool_t wpas_dbus_simple_array_property_getter(DBusMessageIter *iter,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < array_len; i++) {
 		if (!dbus_message_iter_append_basic(&array_iter, type,
-						    array + i * element_size)) {
+						    (const char *) array +
+						    i * element_size)) {
 			dbus_set_error(error, DBUS_ERROR_FAILED,
 				       "%s: failed to construct message 2.5",
 				       __func__);