diff --git a/core/sys/linux/types.odin b/core/sys/linux/types.odin
index c2948c36edf..3883c6de222 100644
--- a/core/sys/linux/types.odin
+++ b/core/sys/linux/types.odin
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ RUsage :: struct {
 	Struct used for IO operations
 */
 IO_Vec :: struct {
-	base: rawptr,
+	base: [^]byte,
 	len:  uint,
 }