diff --git a/Zend/zend_execute.h b/Zend/zend_execute.h
index 21c48ffceb9..e172e09e72b 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_execute.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_execute.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ struct _zend_vm_stack {
 	} while (0)
 
 static inline zend_vm_stack zend_vm_stack_new_page(int count) {
-	zend_vm_stack page = emalloc(sizeof(*page)+sizeof(page->elements[0])*(count-1));
+	zend_vm_stack page = (zend_vm_stack)emalloc(sizeof(*page)+sizeof(page->elements[0])*(count-1));
 
 	page->top = page->elements;
 	page->end = page->elements + count;