diff --git a/test/fuzztest/distributedbmshost_fuzzer/distributedbmshost_fuzzer.cpp b/test/fuzztest/distributedbmshost_fuzzer/distributedbmshost_fuzzer.cpp
index 41827afd3fdfe79054dcdcf4dca051957ef12dc0..7e3f4efdf70e00d3662e32f815596261b320ef5e 100644
--- a/test/fuzztest/distributedbmshost_fuzzer/distributedbmshost_fuzzer.cpp
+++ b/test/fuzztest/distributedbmshost_fuzzer/distributedbmshost_fuzzer.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    char* ch = (char *)malloc(size + 1);
+    char* ch = static_cast<char*>(malloc(size + 1));
     if (ch == nullptr) {
         return 0;
     }