diff --git a/reactos/lib/rtl/critical.c b/reactos/lib/rtl/critical.c
index 7fa3a5fdaab..5dda956f6f6 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/rtl/critical.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/rtl/critical.c
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ RtlpCreateCriticalSectionSem(PRTL_CRITICAL_SECTION CriticalSection)
         }
         DPRINT("Created Event: %p \n", hNewEvent);
 
-        if ((hEvent = (HANDLE)_InterlockedCompareExchange((PLONG)&CriticalSection->LockSemaphore,
-                                                  (LONG)hNewEvent,
+        if ((hEvent = (HANDLE)_InterlockedCompareExchangePointer((PVOID*)&CriticalSection->LockSemaphore,
+                                                  (PVOID)hNewEvent,
                                                   0))) {
 
             /* Some just created an event */