diff --git a/src/corelib/animation/qvariantanimation.cpp b/src/corelib/animation/qvariantanimation.cpp
index 7117092c54a..e0d7db144ac 100644
--- a/src/corelib/animation/qvariantanimation.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/animation/qvariantanimation.cpp
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void QVariantAnimation::registerInterpolator(QVariantAnimation::Interpolator fun
 
 template<typename T> static inline QVariantAnimation::Interpolator castToInterpolator(QVariant (*func)(const T &from, const T &to, qreal progress))
 {
-     return reinterpret_cast<QVariantAnimation::Interpolator>(func);
+     return reinterpret_cast<QVariantAnimation::Interpolator>(reinterpret_cast<void *>(func));
 }
 
 QVariantAnimation::Interpolator QVariantAnimationPrivate::getInterpolator(int interpolationType)