diff --git a/arch/arm/probes/kprobes/opt-arm.c b/arch/arm/probes/kprobes/opt-arm.c
index b2aa9b32bff2b5..2c118a6ab35873 100644
--- a/arch/arm/probes/kprobes/opt-arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/probes/kprobes/opt-arm.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ int arch_prepare_optimized_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op, struct kprobe *or
 	}
 
 	/* Copy arch-dep-instance from template. */
-	memcpy(code, &optprobe_template_entry,
+	memcpy(code, (unsigned char *)optprobe_template_entry,
 			TMPL_END_IDX * sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t));
 
 	/* Adjust buffer according to instruction. */