diff --git a/kernel/res_counter.c b/kernel/res_counter.c
index 34683efa2cceee37f0a76db7531b8f5fc265a325..6d269cce7aa13c4593540f6aa80be389e3ffc720 100644
--- a/kernel/res_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/res_counter.c
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ int res_counter_memparse_write_strategy(const char *buf,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* FIXME - make memparse() take const char* args */
-	*res = memparse((char *)buf, &end);
+	*res = memparse(buf, &end);
 	if (*end != '\0')
 		return -EINVAL;