diff --git a/src/lib/eo/eo_ptr_indirection.x b/src/lib/eo/eo_ptr_indirection.x
index b4d25cba67..00bcbae9ce 100644
--- a/src/lib/eo/eo_ptr_indirection.x
+++ b/src/lib/eo/eo_ptr_indirection.x
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ _eo_id_release(const Eo_Id obj_id)
 
    ERR("obj_id %p is not pointing to a valid object. Maybe it has already been freed.", (void *)obj_id);
 #else
-   EINA_MAGIC_SET(obj_id, EO_FREED_EINA_MAGIC);
+   EINA_MAGIC_SET((_Eo *) obj_id, EO_FREED_EINA_MAGIC);
 #endif
 }