1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysctlnametomib.c b/lib/libc/gen/sysctlnametomib.c
index 4cfa5c29f4b1..17a2a1e031c5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sysctlnametomib.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysctlnametomib.c
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ sysctlnametomib(const char *name, int *mibp, size_t *sizep)
 	oid[1] = 3;
 
 	*sizep *= sizeof (int);
-	error = sysctl(oid, 2, mibp, sizep, name, strlen(name));
+	error = sysctl(oid, 2, mibp, sizep, (void *)name, strlen(name));
 	*sizep /= sizeof (int);
-	if (error < 0) 
-		return (error);
-	return (0);
+	return (error);
 }