diff --git a/glib/gscanner.c b/glib/gscanner.c
index c858abf9e95ba80afbdc18ca31015558ed35e6cb..9b36c1504189dab1de79b6bcf483c09ca504f9c2 100644
--- a/glib/gscanner.c
+++ b/glib/gscanner.c
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ g_scanner_get_token_i (GScanner	*scanner,
       
     case G_TOKEN_SYMBOL:
       if (scanner->config->symbol_2_token)
-	*token_p = (GTokenType) value_p->v_symbol;
+	*token_p = (GTokenType)(intptr_t)value_p->v_symbol;
       break;
       
     case G_TOKEN_BINARY: