1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/regex.c b/src/regex.c
index f7ca51184b3..f0129241cfe 100644
--- a/src/regex.c
+++ b/src/regex.c
@@ -2618,8 +2618,8 @@ regex_compile (const_re_char *pattern, size_t size,
             main_p = p1;
             main_pend = pend;
             main_pattern = pattern;
-            p = pattern = whitespace_regexp;
-            pend = p + strlen ((const char *) p);
+            p = pattern = (re_char *) whitespace_regexp;
+            pend = p + strlen (whitespace_regexp);
             break;
           }
 #endif