diff --git a/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.c b/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.c
index ac909f2c8bfdb..cc89fc51792dd 100644
--- a/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.c
+++ b/pandas/src/parser/tokenizer.c
@@ -1257,11 +1257,11 @@ int parser_trim_buffers(parser_t *self) {
             //  `make_stream_space`.
             if (self->stream != newptr) {
                 /* TRACE(("Moving word pointers\n")) */
-                self->pword_start = newptr + self->word_start;
+                self->pword_start = (char*) newptr + self->word_start;
 
                 for (i = 0; i < self->words_len; ++i)
                 {
-                    self->words[i] = newptr + self->word_starts[i];
+                    self->words[i] = (char*) newptr + self->word_starts[i];
                 }
             }