diff --git a/src/switch_xml.c b/src/switch_xml.c
index d88d56784c..a424b21e01 100644
--- a/src/switch_xml.c
+++ b/src/switch_xml.c
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) switch_xml_parse_file(const char *file)
     if ((abs = strrchr(file, '/')) || (abs = strrchr(file, '\\'))) {
         abs++;
     } else {
-        abs = file;
+        abs = (char *)file;
     }
     
     if (!(new_file = switch_mprintf("%s%s%s.fsxml", SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.log_dir, SWITCH_PATH_SEPARATOR, abs))) {