diff --git a/crypto/dso/dso.h b/crypto/dso/dso.h
index 10efa4ac8d34b6f17313362cea8ff3aeddcd80e7..c1d0dfeebbdc65190f8d95391abb7eca5e6917b8 100644
--- a/crypto/dso/dso.h
+++ b/crypto/dso/dso.h
@@ -173,9 +173,8 @@ typedef struct dso_meth_st
 
 	/* Return pathname of the module containing location */
 	int (*pathbyaddr)(void *addr,char *path,int sz);
-	/* Perform global symbol lookup, i.e. among *all* modules,
-	 * see commentray in dso_lib.c for further details. */
-	DSO_FUNC_TYPE (*globallookup)(const char *symname);
+	/* Perform global symbol lookup, i.e. among *all* modules */
+	void *(*globallookup)(const char *symname);
 	} DSO_METHOD;
 
 /**********************************************************************/
@@ -313,6 +312,16 @@ DSO_METHOD *DSO_METHOD_vms(void);
  */
 int DSO_pathbyaddr(void *addr,char *path,int sz);
 
+/* This function should be used with caution! It looks up symbols in
+ * *all* loaded modules and if module gets unloaded by somebody else
+ * attempt to dereference the pointer is doomed to have fatal
+ * consequences. Primary usage for this function is to probe *core*
+ * system functionality, e.g. check if getnameinfo(3) is available
+ * at run-time without bothering about OS-specific details such as
+ * libc.so.versioning or where does it actually reside: in libc
+ * itself or libsocket. */
+void *DSO_global_lookup(const char *name);
+
 /* BEGIN ERROR CODES */
 /* The following lines are auto generated by the script mkerr.pl. Any changes
  * made after this point may be overwritten when the script is next run.
diff --git a/crypto/dso/dso_dl.c b/crypto/dso/dso_dl.c
index 7c123c8580d6f233f4856c167bb46c48fb213993..fc4236bd9ab0b95312a2c87dee0cc60e95c6f5bb 100644
--- a/crypto/dso/dso_dl.c
+++ b/crypto/dso/dso_dl.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int dl_ctrl(DSO *dso, int cmd, long larg, void *parg);
 static char *dl_name_converter(DSO *dso, const char *filename);
 static char *dl_merger(DSO *dso, const char *filespec1, const char *filespec2);
 static int dl_pathbyaddr(void *addr,char *path,int sz);
-static DSO_FUNC_TYPE dl_globallookup(const char *name);
+static void *dl_globallookup(const char *name);
 
 static DSO_METHOD dso_meth_dl = {
 	"OpenSSL 'dl' shared library method",
@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ static int dl_pathbyaddr(void *addr,char *path,int sz)
 	return -1;
 	}
 
-static DSO_FUNC_TYPE dl_globallookup(const char *name)
+static void *dl_globallookup(const char *name)
 	{
-	DSO_FUNC_TYPE ret;
+	void *ret;
 	shl_t h = NULL;
 
 	return shl_findsym(&h,name,TYPE_UNDEFINED,&ret) ? NULL : ret;
diff --git a/crypto/dso/dso_dlfcn.c b/crypto/dso/dso_dlfcn.c
index a4ab38f850cb04ad09a19adb0c4b047614a87765..d0552c4621903c8203ec8fa23d51e23b5d3dbe11 100644
--- a/crypto/dso/dso_dlfcn.c
+++ b/crypto/dso/dso_dlfcn.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static char *dlfcn_name_converter(DSO *dso, const char *filename);
 static char *dlfcn_merger(DSO *dso, const char *filespec1,
 	const char *filespec2);
 static int dlfcn_pathbyaddr(void *addr,char *path,int sz);
-static DSO_FUNC_TYPE dlfcn_globallookup(const char *name);
+static void *dlfcn_globallookup(const char *name);
 
 static DSO_METHOD dso_meth_dlfcn = {
 	"OpenSSL 'dlfcn' shared library method",
@@ -446,17 +446,16 @@ static int dlfcn_pathbyaddr(void *addr,char *path,int sz)
 	return -1;
 	}
 
-static DSO_FUNC_TYPE dlfcn_globallookup(const char *name)
+static void *dlfcn_globallookup(const char *name)
 	{
-	union { void *p; DSO_FUNC_TYPE f; } ret = { NULL };
-	void *handle = dlopen(NULL,RTLD_LAZY);
+	void *ret = NULL,*handle = dlopen(NULL,RTLD_LAZY);
 	
 	if (handle)
 		{
-		ret.p = dlsym(handle,name);
+		ret = dlsym(handle,name);
 		dlclose(handle);
 		}
 
-	return ret.f;
+	return ret;
 	}
 #endif /* DSO_DLFCN */
diff --git a/crypto/dso/dso_lib.c b/crypto/dso/dso_lib.c
index f4d148c24ad3a0030f966737c34cb887c0041d19..c9d978b527ae84d2f409f545189fe2708dfc1e7f 100644
--- a/crypto/dso/dso_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/dso/dso_lib.c
@@ -477,15 +477,7 @@ int DSO_pathbyaddr(void *addr,char *path,int sz)
 	return (*meth->pathbyaddr)(addr,path,sz);
 	}
 
-/* This function should be used with caution! It looks up symbols in
- * *all* loaded modules and if module gets unloaded by somebody else
- * attempt to dereference the pointer is doomed to have fatal
- * consequences. Primary usage for this function is to probe *core*
- * system functionality, e.g. check if getnameinfo(3) is available
- * at run-time without bothering about OS-specific details such as
- * libc.so.versioning or where does it actually reside: in libc
- * itself or libsocket. */
-DSO_FUNC_TYPE DSO_global_lookup_func(const char *name)
+void *DSO_global_lookup(const char *name)
 	{
 	DSO_METHOD *meth = default_DSO_meth;
 	if (meth == NULL) meth = DSO_METHOD_openssl();
diff --git a/crypto/dso/dso_win32.c b/crypto/dso/dso_win32.c
index 94fe4733778f5cbcbc93cd50580737632b4b0aeb..a9c82726bdb6131b8fe55636c5d6be215e77fba9 100644
--- a/crypto/dso/dso_win32.c
+++ b/crypto/dso/dso_win32.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static char *win32_name_converter(DSO *dso, const char *filename);
 static char *win32_merger(DSO *dso, const char *filespec1,
 	const char *filespec2);
 static int win32_pathbyaddr(void *addr,char *path,int sz);
-static DSO_FUNC_TYPE win32_globallookup(const char *name);
+static void *win32_globallookup(const char *name);
 
 static const char *openssl_strnchr(const char *string, int c, size_t len);
 
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static int win32_pathbyaddr(void *addr,char *path,int sz)
 	return 0;
 	}
 
-static DSO_FUNC_TYPE win32_globallookup(const char *name)
+static void *win32_globallookup(const char *name)
 	{
 	HMODULE dll;
 	HANDLE hModuleSnap = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;