diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index 49da6a91df..65c117874c 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static void kbd_send_chars(QemuConsole *s)
         uint32_t size;
 
         buf = fifo8_pop_buf(&s->out_fifo, MIN(len, avail), &size);
-        qemu_chr_be_write(s->chr, (uint8_t *)buf, size);
+        qemu_chr_be_write(s->chr, buf, size);
         len = qemu_chr_be_can_write(s->chr);
         avail -= size;
     }
diff --git a/ui/gtk.c b/ui/gtk.c
index 92daaa6a6e..7ec21f7798 100644
--- a/ui/gtk.c
+++ b/ui/gtk.c
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static void gd_vc_send_chars(VirtualConsole *vc)
         uint32_t size;
 
         buf = fifo8_pop_buf(&vc->vte.out_fifo, MIN(len, avail), &size);
-        qemu_chr_be_write(vc->vte.chr, (uint8_t *)buf, size);
+        qemu_chr_be_write(vc->vte.chr, buf, size);
         len = qemu_chr_be_can_write(vc->vte.chr);
         avail -= size;
     }