diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
index 11b1cf704b50..ecab76ea44b9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ typedef union _tuniHostIFmsgBody {
 typedef struct _tstrHostIFmsg {
 	u16 u16MsgId;                                           /*!< Message ID */
 	tuniHostIFmsgBody uniHostIFmsgBody;             /*!< Message body */
-	void *drvHandler;
+	tstrWILC_WFIDrv *drvHandler;
 } tstrHostIFmsg;
 
 #ifdef CONNECT_DIRECT