diff --git a/libavcodec/h263_parser.c b/libavcodec/h263_parser.c
index c289ca3cc5..bfef3b5bbd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h263_parser.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h263_parser.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int h263_parse(AVCodecParserContext *s,
         return buf_size;
     }
 
-    *poutbuf = (uint8_t *)buf;
+    *poutbuf = buf;
     *poutbuf_size = buf_size;
     return next;
 }