diff --git a/compat/regex/regex.c b/compat/regex/regex.c
index 67d5c370a0..556d8ab11f 100644
--- a/compat/regex/regex.c
+++ b/compat/regex/regex.c
@@ -2808,7 +2808,7 @@ re_set_registers (bufp, regs, num_regs, starts, ends)
     {
       bufp->regs_allocated = REGS_UNALLOCATED;
       regs->num_regs = 0;
-      regs->start = regs->end = (regoff_t) 0;
+      regs->start = regs->end = (regoff_t *) 0;
     }
 }