diff --git a/src/engine/external/json-parser/json.c b/src/engine/external/json-parser/json.c
index 260527ca2..4e3752a07 100644
--- a/src/engine/external/json-parser/json.c
+++ b/src/engine/external/json-parser/json.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int new_value (json_state * state,
             values_size = sizeof (*value->u.object.values) * value->u.object.length;
 
             if (! ((*(void **) &value->u.object.values) = json_alloc
-                  (state, values_size + ((unsigned long) value->u.object.values), 0)) )
+                  (state, values_size + ((uintptr_t) value->u.object.values), 0)) )
             {
                return 0;
             }