diff --git a/src/include/c.h b/src/include/c.h
index 934e976803cd541e7ae81c7082429114ac0f2f97..c95bc86ab6c19c8a938a4ecc4fdd112983e3ad98 100644
--- a/src/include/c.h
+++ b/src/include/c.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: c.h,v 1.153 2003/09/21 17:57:21 tgl Exp $
+ * $Id: c.h,v 1.154 2003/10/11 19:53:45 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ typedef NameData *Name;
 #define MemSet(start, val, len) \
 	do \
 	{ \
-		int32 * _start = (int32 *) (start); \
+	    /* (void *) used because we check for alignment below */ \
+		int32 * _start = (int32 *) (void *) (start); \
 		int		_val = (val); \
 		Size	_len = (len); \
 \