diff --git a/client/mysqladmin.cc b/client/mysqladmin.cc
index eec0dcb90fe..8491d0df7b5 100644
--- a/client/mysqladmin.cc
+++ b/client/mysqladmin.cc
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int execute_commands(MYSQL *mysql,int argc, char **argv)
       {
 	char *pos,buff[40];
 	ulong sec;
-	pos=strchr(status,' ');
+	pos= (char*) strchr(status,' ');
 	*pos++=0;
 	printf("%s\t\t\t",status);			/* print label */
 	if ((status=str2int(pos,10,0,LONG_MAX,(long*) &sec)))