diff --git a/druntime/src/core/sys/windows/winnt.d b/druntime/src/core/sys/windows/winnt.d
index 3bd9966e33e7..ca4a903fb6ae 100644
--- a/druntime/src/core/sys/windows/winnt.d
+++ b/druntime/src/core/sys/windows/winnt.d
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ enum size_t
 
 PIMAGE_SECTION_HEADER IMAGE_FIRST_SECTION(PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS h) {
     return cast(PIMAGE_SECTION_HEADER)
-        (&h.OptionalHeader + h.FileHeader.SizeOfOptionalHeader);
+        (cast(ubyte*) &h.OptionalHeader + h.FileHeader.SizeOfOptionalHeader);
 }
 
 // ImageDirectoryEntryToDataEx()