diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c b/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c
index 002da34c..a398dc1f 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/compiledata.c
@@ -3293,7 +3293,7 @@ static void CompileEquivalents()
 	}
 	*p_equivalence++ = 0;
 
-	p_equivalence = (char *)((long int)(p_equivalence + 3) & ~0x3);  // align to word boundary
+	p_equivalence = (char *)((intptr_t)(p_equivalence + 3) & ~0x3);  // align to word boundary
 	n_bytes = p_equivalence - p_start;
 	p_start[1] = remove_stress;
 	n_bytes = n_bytes / 4;