diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_memory.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_memory.c
index b7aee23fc387..47ef6bc30c0e 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_memory.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_memory.c
@@ -113,15 +113,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_seq_dump_var_event);
  * expand the variable length event to linear buffer space.
  */
 
-static int seq_copy_in_kernel(char **bufptr, const void *src, int size)
+static int seq_copy_in_kernel(void *ptr, void *src, int size)
 {
+	char **bufptr = ptr;
+
 	memcpy(*bufptr, src, size);
 	*bufptr += size;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int seq_copy_in_user(char __user **bufptr, const void *src, int size)
+static int seq_copy_in_user(void *ptr, void *src, int size)
 {
+	char __user **bufptr = ptr;
+
 	if (copy_to_user(*bufptr, src, size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	*bufptr += size;
@@ -151,8 +155,7 @@ int snd_seq_expand_var_event(const struct snd_seq_event *event, int count, char
 		return newlen;
 	}
 	err = snd_seq_dump_var_event(event,
-				     in_kernel ? (snd_seq_dump_func_t)seq_copy_in_kernel :
-				     (snd_seq_dump_func_t)seq_copy_in_user,
+				     in_kernel ? seq_copy_in_kernel : seq_copy_in_user,
 				     &buf);
 	return err < 0 ? err : newlen;
 }