diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 30fddd99e6..d06511f628 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-17  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	* nscd/nscd.c (parse_opt): Write arg string instead of (void *)
+	key to the socket.
+
 2004-09-17  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
 	* misc/sys/cdefs.h: Define __nonnull using nonnull function attribute
diff --git a/nscd/nscd.c b/nscd/nscd.c
index b0e7a20947..51aed02c54 100644
--- a/nscd/nscd.c
+++ b/nscd/nscd.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
 
 	  iov[0].iov_base = &req;
 	  iov[0].iov_len = sizeof (req);
-	  iov[1].iov_base = (void *) key;
+	  iov[1].iov_base = arg;
 	  iov[1].iov_len = req.key_len;
 
 	  nbytes = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (writev (sock, iov, 2));