diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/posix_timer.cc b/winsup/cygwin/posix_timer.cc
index 69c758aa7..9d832f201 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/posix_timer.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/posix_timer.cc
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ timer_tracker::settime (int flags, const itimerspec *new_value,
    leaking of timer ids into the child process. */
 #define cnew(name, ...) \
   ({ \
-    void* ptr = (void*) HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), 0, sizeof (name)); \
+    void *ptr = (void *) HeapAlloc (GetProcessHeap (), 0, sizeof (name)); \
     ptr ? new (ptr) name (__VA_ARGS__) : NULL; \
   })