diff --git a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/generic/Emotion_Generic_Plugin.h b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/generic/Emotion_Generic_Plugin.h
index b85f647731..a43ebd3e7a 100644
--- a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/generic/Emotion_Generic_Plugin.h
+++ b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/generic/Emotion_Generic_Plugin.h
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ emotion_generic_shm_get(const char *shmname, Emotion_Generic_Video_Shared **vs,
    munmap(t_vs, sizeof(*t_vs));
    t_vs = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, shmfd, 0);
 
-   vf->frames[0] = (char *)t_vs + sizeof(*t_vs);
-   vf->frames[1] = (char *)t_vs + sizeof(*t_vs) + t_vs->height * t_vs->width * t_vs->pitch;
-   vf->frames[2] = (char *)t_vs + sizeof(*t_vs) + 2 * t_vs->height * t_vs->width * t_vs->pitch;
+   vf->frames[0] = (unsigned char *)t_vs + sizeof(*t_vs);
+   vf->frames[1] = (unsigned char *)t_vs + sizeof(*t_vs) + t_vs->height * t_vs->width * t_vs->pitch;
+   vf->frames[2] = (unsigned char *)t_vs + sizeof(*t_vs) + 2 * t_vs->height * t_vs->width * t_vs->pitch;
 
    *vs = t_vs;
 }
diff --git a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/generic/emotion_generic.c b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/generic/emotion_generic.c
index 920869cbae..010dec1d6e 100644
--- a/legacy/emotion/src/modules/generic/emotion_generic.c
+++ b/legacy/emotion/src/modules/generic/emotion_generic.c
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ _create_shm_data(Emotion_Generic_Video *ev, const char *shmname)
    vs->frame.last = 2;
    vs->frame.next = 2;
    sem_init(&vs->lock, 1, 1);
-   ev->frame.frames[0] = (char *)vs + sizeof(*vs);
-   ev->frame.frames[1] = (char *)vs + sizeof(*vs) + vs->height * vs->width * vs->pitch;
-   ev->frame.frames[2] = (char *)vs + sizeof(*vs) + 2 * vs->height * vs->width * vs->pitch;
+   ev->frame.frames[0] = (unsigned char *)vs + sizeof(*vs);
+   ev->frame.frames[1] = (unsigned char *)vs + sizeof(*vs) + vs->height * vs->width * vs->pitch;
+   ev->frame.frames[2] = (unsigned char *)vs + sizeof(*vs) + 2 * vs->height * vs->width * vs->pitch;
 
    if (ev->shared)
      munmap(ev->shared, ev->shared->size);