1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/hardcopy.c b/src/nvim/hardcopy.c
index 6e424f2fd6..602fa8b71d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/hardcopy.c
+++ b/src/nvim/hardcopy.c
@@ -3062,7 +3062,8 @@ int mch_print_text_out(char_u *const textp, size_t len)
 
   if (prt_do_conv) {
     // Convert from multi-byte to 8-bit encoding
-    tofree = p = string_convert(&prt_conv, p, &len);
+    p = (char_u *)string_convert(&prt_conv, (char *)p, &len);
+    tofree = p;
     if (p == NULL) {
       p = (char_u *)"";
       len = 0;