diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index f0d8b0c12a..0f8a4fe809 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-07-13	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
+
+	PR 1775/filesystem
+	* libfs/src/nfsclient/src/nfs.c: NFSAddress NFS issue where read/write
+	problems when requested bytes greater than nfsStBlksize. Failure to
+	create files and symlinks.
+
 2011-07-13	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
 
 	PR 1824/cpukit
diff --git a/cpukit/libfs/src/nfsclient/src/nfs.c b/cpukit/libfs/src/nfsclient/src/nfs.c
index b8a7ffdb57..23b05bb666 100644
--- a/cpukit/libfs/src/nfsclient/src/nfs.c
+++ b/cpukit/libfs/src/nfsclient/src/nfs.c
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ unsigned long	niu,siu;
 		 */
 		assert( node->args.name );
 
-		*(const char**)arg = pathname + (node->args.name - p);
+		*(arg->c) = pathname + (node->args.name - p);
 
 #if 0
 		/* restore the directory node */