1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index c6181bd2710..ca184cbb034 100644
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ long *
 xmalloc (size)
      unsigned int size;
 {
-  char *result = (char *) malloc (size);
+  long *result = (long *) malloc (size);
   if (result == NULL)
   {
     perror ("malloc");