diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config_winreg.c b/wpa_supplicant/config_winreg.c
index 811eb7ec8..9a7825a00 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config_winreg.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config_winreg.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static int wpa_config_read_global(struct wpa_config *config, HKEY hk)
 #endif /* CONFIG_WPS */
 
 	wpa_config_read_reg_dword(hk, TEXT("bss_max_count"),
-				  &config->bss_max_count);
+				  (int *) &config->bss_max_count);
 	wpa_config_read_reg_dword(hk, TEXT("filter_ssids"),
 				  &config->filter_ssids);