1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/common.c b/src/lib/common.c
index fd3ab7071..8ea926df1 100644
--- a/src/lib/common.c
+++ b/src/lib/common.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ char *pid_proc_comm(const pid_t pid) {
         free(fname);
 
         // read file
-        unsigned char buffer[BUFLEN];
+        char buffer[BUFLEN];
         ssize_t len;
         if ((len = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1)) <= 0) {
                 close(fd);
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ char *pid_proc_comm(const pid_t pid) {
                 *ptr = '\0';
 
         // return a malloc copy of the command line
-        char *rv = strdup((char *) buffer);
+        char *rv = strdup(buffer);
         if (strlen(rv) == 0) {
                 free(rv);
                 return NULL;