diff --git a/vm-migration/src/protocol.rs b/vm-migration/src/protocol.rs
index f927d7a36..7cccc6645 100644
--- a/vm-migration/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/vm-migration/src/protocol.rs
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ impl MemoryRangeTable {
     pub fn write_to(&self, fd: &mut dyn Write) -> Result<(), MigratableError> {
         // SAFETY: the slice is constructed with the correct arguments
         fd.write_all(unsafe {
-            std::slice::from_raw_parts(self.data.as_ptr() as *const u8, self.length() as usize)
+            std::slice::from_raw_parts(self.data.as_ptr().cast(), self.length() as usize)
         })
         .map_err(MigratableError::MigrateSocket)
     }