diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_access.cc b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_access.cc
index b6962cabec1..c9c57eee4cd 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_access.cc
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_access.cc
@@ -4315,7 +4315,7 @@ int RNA_property_collection_lookup_string_index(
         found = 1;
       }
 
-      if ((char *)&name != nameptr) {
+      if (name != nameptr) {
         MEM_freeN(nameptr);
       }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_rna.c b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_rna.c
index f76b78e9779..26d3b13d68d 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_rna.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_rna.c
@@ -2400,7 +2400,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrna_prop_collection_subscript_str(BPy_PropertyRNA *self, cons
       if ((keylen == namelen) && STREQ(nameptr, keyname)) {
         found = true;
       }
-      if ((char *)&name != nameptr) {
+      if (name != nameptr) {
         MEM_freeN(nameptr);
       }
       if (found) {