diff --git a/src/tests/affinity.cpp b/src/tests/affinity.cpp
index db57976..33a95e7 100644
--- a/src/tests/affinity.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/affinity.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ set_thread_affinity(const unsigned &cpuid)
 {
     std::thread::native_handle_type thread;
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
-    thread = static_cast<std::thread::native_handle_type>(GetCurrentThread());
+    thread = reinterpret_cast<std::thread::native_handle_type>(GetCurrentThread());
 #else
     thread = static_cast<std::thread::native_handle_type>(pthread_self());
 #endif
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ set_thread_affinity(std::thread::native_handle_type thread,
     rc = thread_policy_set(mach_thread, THREAD_AFFINITY_POLICY,
             (thread_policy_t)&policy, 1);
 #elif defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
-    rc = SetThreadAffinityMask(static_cast<HANDLE>(thread), 1ULL << cpuid) == 0 ? -2 : 0;
+    rc = SetThreadAffinityMask(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(thread), 1ULL << cpuid) == 0 ? -2 : 0;
 #else
     cpu_set_t cs;
     CPU_ZERO(&cs);