diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index 1070d6983..c960e6762 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-07-27  Chris Sutcliffe  <ir0nh34d@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* mingwex/stdio/pformat.c: Implement better fix for type punned warning.
+
 2009-07-27  Keith Marshall  <keithmarshall@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	Convert to monolithic configuration procedure.
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/mingwex/stdio/pformat.c b/winsup/mingw/mingwex/stdio/pformat.c
index c7bd61668..4b6ebcb5a 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/mingwex/stdio/pformat.c
+++ b/winsup/mingw/mingwex/stdio/pformat.c
@@ -1883,8 +1883,7 @@ int __pformat( int flags, void *dest, int max, const char *fmt, va_list argv )
 	       * `wchar_t' data, (which is promoted to an `int' argument)...
 	       */
 	      argval.__pformat_ullong_t = (wchar_t)(va_arg( argv, int ));
-        void *tmp = &argval;
-	      __pformat_wputchars( (wchar_t *)tmp, 1, &stream );
+	      __pformat_wputchars( (wchar_t *)argval.__pformat_ptr_t, 1, &stream );
 	    }
 
 	    else