diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/uniq/pml_uniq.c b/ompi/mca/pml/uniq/pml_uniq.c
index 84abdc443b..23a0e537ed 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/uniq/pml_uniq.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/uniq/pml_uniq.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ int mca_pml_uniq_add_procs(ompi_proc_t** procs, size_t nprocs)
                     mca_pml_uniq_ptl_t* ptl_base = OBJ_NEW(mca_pml_uniq_ptl_t);
                     ptl_base->ptl = ptl;
                     ptl_base->ptl_cache_size = ptl->ptl_cache_size;
-                    ptl->ptl_base = ptl_base;
+                    ptl->ptl_base = (struct mca_pml_base_ptl_t*)ptl_base;
                 }
                 proc_pml->proc_ptl_first.ptl_base = ptl->ptl_base;
                 proc_pml->proc_ptl_first.ptl_peer = ptl_peers[p];
diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/uniq/pml_uniq_sendreq.h b/ompi/mca/pml/uniq/pml_uniq_sendreq.h
index fcbc1f4f82..3a22fe4e12 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/uniq/pml_uniq_sendreq.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/uniq/pml_uniq_sendreq.h
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ OBJ_CLASS_DECLARATION(mca_pml_uniq_send_request_t);
     rc)                                                                    \
 {                                                                          \
     mca_pml_proc_t *proc = mca_pml_uniq_proc_lookup_remote(comm,dst);      \
-    mca_pml_uniq_ptl_t* ptl_base;                                     \
+    mca_pml_uniq_ptl_t* ptl_base;                                          \
                                                                            \
     if(NULL == proc) {                                                     \
        return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;                                    \
     }                                                                      \
-    ptl_base = proc->proc_ptl_first.ptl_base;                              \
+    ptl_base = (mca_pml_uniq_ptl_t*)proc->proc_ptl_first.ptl_base;         \
     /*                                                                     \
      * check to see if there is a cache of send requests associated with   \
      * this ptl - if so try the allocation from there.                     \
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ OBJ_CLASS_DECLARATION(mca_pml_uniq_send_request_t);
 #define MCA_PML_UNIQ_SEND_REQUEST_RETURN(sendreq)                          \
 {                                                                          \
     mca_ptl_base_module_t* ptl = (sendreq)->req_ptl;                       \
-    mca_pml_uniq_ptl_t* ptl_base = ptl->ptl_base;                     \
+    mca_pml_uniq_ptl_t* ptl_base = (mca_pml_uniq_ptl_t*)ptl->ptl_base;     \
                                                                            \
     /*  Let the base handle the reference counts */                        \
     MCA_PML_BASE_SEND_REQUEST_FINI( &((sendreq)->req_send) );              \