1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c
index b0359b89cb5..891fea09abf 100644
--- a/src/coding.c
+++ b/src/coding.c
@@ -8006,7 +8006,7 @@ encode_coding_object (struct coding_system *coding,
     {
       ptrdiff_t dst_bytes = max (1, coding->src_chars);
       coding->dst_object = Qnil;
-      coding->destination = (unsigned char *) xmalloc (dst_bytes);
+      coding->destination = xmalloc (dst_bytes);
       coding->dst_bytes = dst_bytes;
       coding->dst_multibyte = 0;
     }