diff --git a/include/net/eth.h b/include/net/eth.h
index 05f56931e7..95ff24d6b8 100644
--- a/include/net/eth.h
+++ b/include/net/eth.h
@@ -342,12 +342,12 @@ eth_get_pkt_tci(const void *p)
 
 size_t
 eth_strip_vlan(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, size_t iovoff,
-               uint8_t *new_ehdr_buf,
+               void *new_ehdr_buf,
                uint16_t *payload_offset, uint16_t *tci);
 
 size_t
 eth_strip_vlan_ex(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, size_t iovoff,
-                  uint16_t vet, uint8_t *new_ehdr_buf,
+                  uint16_t vet, void *new_ehdr_buf,
                   uint16_t *payload_offset, uint16_t *tci);
 
 uint16_t
diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index b6ff89c460..f7ffbda600 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -226,11 +226,11 @@ void eth_get_protocols(const struct iovec *iov, size_t iovcnt, size_t iovoff,
 
 size_t
 eth_strip_vlan(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, size_t iovoff,
-               uint8_t *new_ehdr_buf,
+               void *new_ehdr_buf,
                uint16_t *payload_offset, uint16_t *tci)
 {
     struct vlan_header vlan_hdr;
-    struct eth_header *new_ehdr = (struct eth_header *) new_ehdr_buf;
+    struct eth_header *new_ehdr = new_ehdr_buf;
 
     size_t copied = iov_to_buf(iov, iovcnt, iovoff,
                                new_ehdr, sizeof(*new_ehdr));
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ eth_strip_vlan(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, size_t iovoff,
 
 size_t
 eth_strip_vlan_ex(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, size_t iovoff,
-                  uint16_t vet, uint8_t *new_ehdr_buf,
+                  uint16_t vet, void *new_ehdr_buf,
                   uint16_t *payload_offset, uint16_t *tci)
 {
     struct vlan_header vlan_hdr;