diff --git a/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-pwd-extop/common.c b/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-pwd-extop/common.c
index 716b71333..f520be2b5 100644
--- a/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-pwd-extop/common.c
+++ b/daemons/ipa-slapi-plugins/ipa-pwd-extop/common.c
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ void free_ipapwd_krbcfg(struct ipapwd_krbcfg **cfg)
 int ipapwd_check_max_pwd_len(size_t len, char **errMesg) {
     if (len > IPAPWD_PASSWORD_MAX_LEN) {
         LOG("%s\n", ipapwd_password_max_len_errmsg);
-        *errMesg = ipapwd_password_max_len_errmsg;
+        *errMesg = (char *)ipapwd_password_max_len_errmsg;
         return LDAP_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION;
     }
     return 0;