diff --git a/libc/bionic/getcwd.cpp b/libc/bionic/getcwd.cpp
index e06f52e..2ff22db 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/getcwd.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/getcwd.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       // TODO: if we need to support paths longer than that, we'll have to walk the tree ourselves.
       size = getpagesize();
     }
-    buf = allocated_buf = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(allocated_size));
+    buf = allocated_buf = static_cast<char*>(malloc(allocated_size));
     if (buf == NULL) {
       // malloc set errno.
       return NULL;