diff --git a/arch/parisc/hpux/fs.c b/arch/parisc/hpux/fs.c
index 6e79dbf3f6bdf7e205ccccc5e6e2674c9e8c6b54..2d58b92b57e368094635d1d4431bdcb782ed6d40 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/hpux/fs.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/hpux/fs.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int filldir(void * __buf, const char * name, int namlen, loff_t offset,
 	put_user(namlen, &dirent->d_namlen);
 	copy_to_user(dirent->d_name, name, namlen);
 	put_user(0, dirent->d_name + namlen);
-	((char *) dirent) += reclen;
+	dirent = (void __user *)dirent + reclen;
 	buf->current_dir = dirent;
 	buf->count -= reclen;
 	return 0;