diff --git a/include/linux/crc32.h b/include/linux/crc32.h
index e20dd1f9b40a75ed05e52ac7e40de8f3c5e6e151..391a259b2cc90784157d57d1f5ca1c14641636e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/crc32.h
+++ b/include/linux/crc32.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 extern u32  crc32_le(u32 crc, unsigned char const *p, size_t len);
 extern u32  crc32_be(u32 crc, unsigned char const *p, size_t len);
 
-#define crc32(seed, data, length)  crc32_le(seed, (unsigned char const *)data, length)
+#define crc32(seed, data, length)  crc32_le(seed, (unsigned char const *)(data), length)
 
 /*
  * Helpers for hash table generation of ethernet nics: