diff --git a/modules/misc/webservices/json.c b/modules/misc/webservices/json.c
index 0afc01c..25dcfe7 100644
--- a/modules/misc/webservices/json.c
+++ b/modules/misc/webservices/json.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int new_value
                return 0;
             }
 
-            value->_reserved.object_mem = (*(char **) &value->u.object.values) + values_size;
+            value->_reserved.object_mem = (void *) (((char *) value->u.object.values) + values_size);
 
             value->u.object.length = 0;
             break;
@@ -339,8 +340,10 @@ json_value * json_parse_ex (json_settings * settings, const json_char * json, ch
 
                   case json_object:
 
-                     if (state.first_pass)
-                        (*(json_char **) &top->u.object.values) += string_length + 1;
+                     if (state.first_pass) {
+                        json_char **chars = (json_char **) &top->u.object.values;
+                        chars[0] += string_length + 1;
+                     }
                      else
                      {
                         top->u.object.values [top->u.object.length].name