diff --git a/src/vlibmemory/memory_client.c b/src/vlibmemory/memory_client.c
index d48a4fa..a162d6b 100644
--- a/src/vlibmemory/memory_client.c
+++ b/src/vlibmemory/memory_client.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
   am->msg_index_by_name_and_crc = hash_create_string (0, sizeof (uword));
 
   /* Recreate the vnet-side API message handler table */
-  tblv = (u8 *) mp->message_table;
+  tblv = uword_to_pointer (mp->message_table, u8 *);
   serialize_open_vector (sm, tblv);
   unserialize_integer (sm, &nmsgs, sizeof (u32));
 
diff --git a/src/vlibmemory/memory_vlib.c b/src/vlibmemory/memory_vlib.c
index 29a5c2c..acba8b3 100644
--- a/src/vlibmemory/memory_vlib.c
+++ b/src/vlibmemory/memory_vlib.c
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@
      am->shmem_hdr->application_restarts);
   rp->context = mp->context;
   rp->response = ntohl (rv);
-  rp->message_table = (u64) am->serialized_message_table_in_shmem;
+  rp->message_table =
+    pointer_to_uword (am->serialized_message_table_in_shmem);
 
   vl_msg_api_send_shmem (q, (u8 *) & rp);
 }