diff --git a/src/lisp/Linux-os.c b/src/lisp/Linux-os.c
index 6c8f10f16b740e44376ae08926acc007d2dab9cc..8f8510141f436a2b144782e7323062573b0c5a2d 100644
--- a/src/lisp/Linux-os.c
+++ b/src/lisp/Linux-os.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ os_init0(const char *argv[], const char *envp[])
     struct utsname name;
     uname(&name);
         
-    check_personality(&name, argv, envp);
+    check_personality(&name, (char *const *) argv, (char *const *) envp);
 }
 
 void