diff --git a/src/xcb.c b/src/xcb.c
index 545e2c60..82991c9a 100644
--- a/src/xcb.c
+++ b/src/xcb.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void fake_configure_notify(xcb_connection_t *conn, Rect r, xcb_window_t window)
     generated_event->above_sibling = XCB_NONE;
     generated_event->override_redirect = false;
 
-    xcb_send_event(conn, false, window, XCB_EVENT_MASK_STRUCTURE_NOTIFY, (char*)&generated_event);
+    xcb_send_event(conn, false, window, XCB_EVENT_MASK_STRUCTURE_NOTIFY, (char*)generated_event);
     xcb_flush(conn);
 
     free(event);