diff --git a/code/qcommon/common.c b/code/qcommon/common.c
index 02b22d25..fbeea3ca 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/common.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/common.c
@@ -2509,7 +2509,7 @@ static void Com_InitRand(void)
 {
 	unsigned int seed;
 
-	if(Sys_RandomBytes(&seed, sizeof(seed)))
+	if(Sys_RandomBytes((byte *) &seed, sizeof(seed)))
 		srand(seed);
 	else
 		srand(time(NULL));