diff --git a/src/switch.c b/src/switch.c
index 77e912e65d..00ee1e5a27 100644
--- a/src/switch.c
+++ b/src/switch.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int freeswitch_kill_background()
 	}
 
 	/* pull the pid from the file */
-	if (fscanf(f, "%d", (int *)&pid)!=1) {
+	if (fscanf(f, "%d", (int *)(intptr_t)&pid)!=1) {
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR,"Unable to get the pid!\n");
 	}