1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/spu/scanf.c b/newlib/libc/machine/spu/scanf.c
index 76c47ff35..29157a3ba 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/machine/spu/scanf.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/spu/scanf.c
@@ -56,13 +56,11 @@ typedef struct
 
 scanf(_CONST char *fmt, ...)
 {
-  int* ret;
+  int ret;
   c99_vscanf_t args;
 
   CHECK_STD_INIT(_REENT);
 
-  ret = (int*) &args;
-
   args.fmt = (char*) fmt;
 #ifdef _HAVE_STDC
   va_start (args.ap, fmt);
@@ -71,10 +69,10 @@ scanf(_CONST char *fmt, ...)
 #endif
 
 
-  __send_to_ppe(SPE_C99_SIGNALCODE, SPE_C99_VSCANF, &args);
+  ret = __send_to_ppe(SPE_C99_SIGNALCODE, SPE_C99_VSCANF, &args);
 
   va_end (args.ap);
-  return *ret;
+  return ret;
 }
 
 #endif /* ! _REENT_ONLY */