diff --git a/libavcodec/options.c b/libavcodec/options.c
index c8f770a7c8..5dfc9c8241 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options.c
+++ b/libavcodec/options.c
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ static const AVClass *codec_child_class_next(const AVClass *prev)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static AVClassCategory get_category(AVCodecContext *avctx)
+static AVClassCategory get_category(void *ptr)
 {
+    AVCodecContext* avctx = ptr;
     if(avctx->codec && avctx->codec->decode) return AV_CLASS_CATEGORY_DECODER;
     else                                     return AV_CLASS_CATEGORY_ENCODER;
 }
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ static const AVClass av_codec_context_class = {
     .child_next              = codec_child_next,
     .child_class_next        = codec_child_class_next,
     .category                = AV_CLASS_CATEGORY_ENCODER,
-    .get_category            = (void*)get_category,
+    .get_category            = get_category,
 };
 
 #if FF_API_ALLOC_CONTEXT
diff --git a/libavformat/options.c b/libavformat/options.c
index 8548381a24..42307d170f 100644
--- a/libavformat/options.c
+++ b/libavformat/options.c
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ static const AVClass *format_child_class_next(const AVClass *prev)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static AVClassCategory get_category(AVFormatContext *s)
+static AVClassCategory get_category(void *ptr)
 {
+    AVFormatContext* s = ptr;
     if(s->iformat) return AV_CLASS_CATEGORY_DEMUXER;
     else           return AV_CLASS_CATEGORY_MUXER;
 }