diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 87ffb54a42f..29203fe3ff7 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-03-07  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* corefile.c (read_memory_string): Cast pointer to gdb_byte* in
+	call.
+
 2013-03-07  Keith Seitz  <keiths@redhat.com>
 
 	* breakpoint.c (catch_syscall_split_args): Use skip_spaces.
diff --git a/gdb/corefile.c b/gdb/corefile.c
index b268d4cbc05..9c795b85580 100644
--- a/gdb/corefile.c
+++ b/gdb/corefile.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR memaddr, char *buffer, int max_len)
       cnt = max_len - (cp - buffer);
       if (cnt > 8)
 	cnt = 8;
-      read_memory (memaddr + (int) (cp - buffer), cp, cnt);
+      read_memory (memaddr + (int) (cp - buffer), (gdb_byte *) cp, cnt);
       for (i = 0; i < cnt && *cp; i++, cp++)
 	;			/* null body */