diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 1391b3ddc5..11d33ba964 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.
+
 2011-07-04	Chris Johns <chrisj@rtems.org>
 
 	PR 1827/filesystem
diff --git a/cpukit/libfs/src/nfsclient/src/nfs.c b/cpukit/libfs/src/nfsclient/src/nfs.c
index 8a7d41d5cb..62de279f85 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 */