diff --git a/lib-src/make-fingerprint.c b/lib-src/make-fingerprint.c
index 5779e0d2746..2417548d8ca 100644
--- a/lib-src/make-fingerprint.c
+++ b/lib-src/make-fingerprint.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
       for (char *finger = buf;
 	   (finger = memmem (finger, buf + chunksz - finger,
-			     fingerprint, sizeof fingerprint));
+			     (unsigned char *) fingerprint,
+			     sizeof fingerprint));
 	   finger++)
 	{
 	  if (! (fseeko (f, finger - buf, SEEK_SET) == 0
diff --git a/lib/fingerprint.c b/lib/fingerprint.c
index e55de9c6da3..2cc1973428f 100644
--- a/lib/fingerprint.c
+++ b/lib/fingerprint.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
    by a fingerprint of the temporary Emacs executable that was built
    along the way.  */
 
-unsigned char const fingerprint[] =
+volatile unsigned char fingerprint[] =
   {
    0xDE,
    0x86,
diff --git a/lib/fingerprint.h b/lib/fingerprint.h
index 0b195fd0ca7..ba2e740cd9e 100644
--- a/lib/fingerprint.h
+++ b/lib/fingerprint.h
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
    Emacs.  This way, we have a unique value that we can use to pair
    data files (like a portable dump image) with a specific build of
    Emacs.  */
-extern unsigned char const fingerprint[32];
+extern volatile unsigned char fingerprint[32];
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/pdumper.c b/src/pdumper.c
index 8b630d221b1..7d29d3c0c83 100644
--- a/src/pdumper.c
+++ b/src/pdumper.c
@@ -4101,7 +4101,8 @@ types.  */)
   ctx->header.magic[0] = '!'; /* Note that dump is incomplete.  */
 
   verify (sizeof (fingerprint) == sizeof (ctx->header.fingerprint));
-  memcpy (ctx->header.fingerprint, fingerprint, sizeof (fingerprint));
+  memcpy (ctx->header.fingerprint, (unsigned char *) fingerprint,
+	  sizeof (fingerprint));
 
   const dump_off header_start = ctx->offset;
   dump_fingerprint ("dumping fingerprint", ctx->header.fingerprint);
@@ -5359,9 +5360,10 @@ pdumper_load (const char *dump_filename)
 
   err = PDUMPER_LOAD_VERSION_MISMATCH;
   verify (sizeof (header->fingerprint) == sizeof (fingerprint));
-  if (memcmp (header->fingerprint, fingerprint, sizeof (fingerprint)) != 0)
+  if (memcmp (header->fingerprint, (unsigned char *) fingerprint,
+	      sizeof (fingerprint)) != 0)
     {
-      dump_fingerprint ("desired fingerprint", fingerprint);
+      dump_fingerprint ("desired fingerprint", (unsigned char *) fingerprint);
       dump_fingerprint ("found fingerprint", header->fingerprint);
       goto out;
     }