diff --git a/src/loadso/dlopen/SDL_sysloadso.c b/src/loadso/dlopen/SDL_sysloadso.c
index 866926f43..c2a84f38c 100644
--- a/src/loadso/dlopen/SDL_sysloadso.c
+++ b/src/loadso/dlopen/SDL_sysloadso.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ SDL_LoadObject(const char *sofile)
 #endif
 
     handle = dlopen(sofile, RTLD_NOW|RTLD_LOCAL);
-    loaderror = (char *) dlerror();
+    loaderror = dlerror();
     if (handle == NULL) {
         SDL_SetError("Failed loading %s: %s", sofile, loaderror);
     }