diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 671c98789a88..b6484b114247 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2012-08-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
+	* config/i386/i386elf.h (ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII): Cast _ascii_bytes
+	before passing it to ASM_OUTPUT_LIMITED_STRING.
+
 	* config/bfin/bfin.c (hwloop_optimize): Fix use of VEC_last macro.
 
 	* config/avr/t-avr: Replace occurrences of $(CC) with $(COMPILER).
diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386elf.h b/gcc/config/i386/i386elf.h
index 1bf3feb74799..78920a9f4799 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/i386elf.h
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386elf.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
 		  fputc ('\n', (FILE));					\
 		  bytes_in_chunk = 0;					\
 		}							\
-	      ASM_OUTPUT_LIMITED_STRING ((FILE), _ascii_bytes);		\
+	      ASM_OUTPUT_LIMITED_STRING ((FILE), (const char *) _ascii_bytes); \
 	      _ascii_bytes = p;						\
 	    }								\
 	  else								\