diff --git a/orte/mca/pls/xgrid/src/pls_xgrid_module.m b/orte/mca/pls/xgrid/src/pls_xgrid_module.m
index 04d8307b14..d038289773 100644
--- a/orte/mca/pls/xgrid/src/pls_xgrid_module.m
+++ b/orte/mca/pls/xgrid/src/pls_xgrid_module.m
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ orte_pls_xgrid_terminate_job(orte_jobid_t jobid)
 
             /* send a terminate message to the bootproxy on each node
 	       */
-	       if (ORTE_SUCCESS != (rc = orte_dss.get(&name, keyval->value, ORTE_NAME))) {
+	       if (ORTE_SUCCESS != (rc = orte_dss.get((void**)&name, keyval->value, ORTE_NAME))) {
 	           ORTE_ERROR_LOG(rc);
 	           OBJ_RELEASE(cmd);
 	           continue;