diff --git a/src/crypto/defyx/yescrypt-platform.c b/src/crypto/defyx/yescrypt-platform.c
index 664addb0..3a8824c9 100644
--- a/src/crypto/defyx/yescrypt-platform.c
+++ b/src/crypto/defyx/yescrypt-platform.c
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ yescrypt_init_shared(yescrypt_shared_t * shared,
 
 	half1 = half2 = *shared;
 	half1.aligned_size /= 2;
-#ifdef __unix
-	half2.aligned += half1.aligned_size;
-#else
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
 	(uint8_t*)half2.aligned += half1.aligned_size;
+#else
+	half2.aligned += half1.aligned_size;
 #endif
 	half2.aligned_size = half1.aligned_size;
 	N /= 2;
diff --git a/src/crypto/defyx/yescrypt-ref.c b/src/crypto/defyx/yescrypt-ref.c
index da5fa962..9121a847 100644
--- a/src/crypto/defyx/yescrypt-ref.c
+++ b/src/crypto/defyx/yescrypt-ref.c
@@ -820,7 +820,11 @@ yescrypt_init_shared(yescrypt_shared_t * shared,
 
 	half1 = half2 = *shared;
 	half1.aligned_size /= 2;
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
 	(uint8_t*)half2.aligned += half1.aligned_size;
+#else
+	half2.aligned += half1.aligned_size;
+#endif
 	half2.aligned_size = half1.aligned_size;
 	N /= 2;