diff --git a/gst/gstobject.c b/gst/gstobject.c
index f5a7769d00f5be710db506c6a88e606fc3abb138..5f3aa787864dd94a2f39e6cb9643fdac7b688c12 100644
--- a/gst/gstobject.c
+++ b/gst/gstobject.c
@@ -446,8 +446,7 @@ gst_object_replace (GstObject ** oldobj, GstObject * newobj)
     g_object_ref (newobj);
   do {
     oldptr = *oldobj;
-  } while (!G_ATOMIC_POINTER_COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE ((void *) oldobj,
-          oldptr, newobj));
+  } while (!G_ATOMIC_POINTER_COMPARE_AND_EXCHANGE (oldobj, oldptr, newobj));
   if (oldptr)
     g_object_unref (oldptr);
 }