diff --git a/examples/BrainF/BrainF.cpp b/examples/BrainF/BrainF.cpp
index f8129b819e3..81c48b9ef8a 100644
--- a/examples/BrainF/BrainF.cpp
+++ b/examples/BrainF/BrainF.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void BrainF::header(LLVMContext& C) {
       };
 
       Constant *msgptr = ConstantExpr::
-        getGetElementPtr(aberrormsg, gep_params);
+        getGetElementPtr(aberrormsg->getValueType(), aberrormsg, gep_params);
 
       Value *puts_params[] = {
         msgptr