diff --git a/term-utils/setterm.c b/term-utils/setterm.c
index f20a5e698..bb13eb3c7 100644
--- a/term-utils/setterm.c
+++ b/term-utils/setterm.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static char *ti_entry(const char *name)
 {
 	char *buf_ptr;
 
-	if ((buf_ptr = tigetstr((char *)name)) == (char *)-1)
+	if ((buf_ptr = tigetstr(name)) == (char *)-1)
 		buf_ptr = NULL;
 	return buf_ptr;
 }