diff --git a/sudo_realpath.c b/sudo_realpath.c
index 2eef158fa..519294b0e 100644
--- a/sudo_realpath.c
+++ b/sudo_realpath.c
@@ -106,12 +106,13 @@ char * sudo_goodpath(path)
 
     /* make sure path describes an executable regular file */
     if (!err && S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode) &&(statbuf.st_mode & 0000111))
-	return(path);
+	return((char *)path);
     else
 	return(NULL);
 }
 
 
+
 #ifdef USE_REALPATH
 /******************************************************************
  *
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ char * sudo_realpath(old, new)
 }
 
 
+
 /******************************************************************
  *
  *  realpath_ret()