diff --git a/include/base/nl-base-utils.h b/include/base/nl-base-utils.h
index a155bbad..1435a627 100644
--- a/include/base/nl-base-utils.h
+++ b/include/base/nl-base-utils.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static inline bool _nl_memeq(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t len)
 	return _nl_memcmp(s1, s2, len) == 0;
 }
 
-static inline void *_nl_memcpy(void *restrict dest, const void *restrict src,
+static inline void *_nl_memcpy(void *dest, const void *src,
 			       size_t n)
 {
 	/* Workaround undefined behavior in memcpy() with NULL pointers. */
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ static inline char *_nl_inet_ntop(int addr_family, const void *addr, char *buf)
 static inline char *_nl_inet_ntop_dup(int addr_family, const void *addr)
 {
 	return (char *)_nl_inet_ntop(addr_family, addr,
-				     malloc((addr_family == AF_INET) ?
+				     (char*)malloc((addr_family == AF_INET) ?
 						    INET_ADDRSTRLEN :
 						    INET6_ADDRSTRLEN));
 }