diff --git a/src/gpu/text/GrTextBlob.cpp b/src/gpu/text/GrTextBlob.cpp
index f662da1..910bd3b 100644
--- a/src/gpu/text/GrTextBlob.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/text/GrTextBlob.cpp
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@
         : fBlockStart{startOfBlock}
         , fPrevious{reinterpret_cast<Block*>(previous)} {}
 
-char* GrBagOfBytes::alignedBytes(int size, int alignment) {
+void* GrBagOfBytes::alignedBytes(int size, int alignment) {
     SkASSERT_RELEASE(0 < size && size < kMaxByteSize);
     SkASSERT_RELEASE(0 < alignment && alignment <= kMaxAlignment);
     SkASSERT_RELEASE(SkIsPow2(alignment));
@@ -1606,6 +1606,6 @@
 GrSubRunAllocator::GrSubRunAllocator(int firstHeapAllocation)
         : GrSubRunAllocator(nullptr, 0, firstHeapAllocation) {}
 
-char* GrSubRunAllocator::alignedBytes(int unsafeSize, int unsafeAlignment) {
+void* GrSubRunAllocator::alignedBytes(int unsafeSize, int unsafeAlignment) {
     return fAlloc.alignedBytes(unsafeSize, unsafeAlignment);
 }
diff --git a/src/gpu/text/GrTextBlob.h b/src/gpu/text/GrTextBlob.h
index 28aa46f..80998a7 100644
--- a/src/gpu/text/GrTextBlob.h
+++ b/src/gpu/text/GrTextBlob.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         return this->allocateBytes(size, alignof(T));
     }
 
-    char* alignedBytes(int unsafeSize, int unsafeAlignment);
+    void* alignedBytes(int unsafeSize, int unsafeAlignment);
 
 private:
     // 16 seems to be a good number for alignment. If a use case for larger alignments is found,
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
         return std::unique_ptr<T[], ArrayDestroyer>{array, ArrayDestroyer{n}};
     }
 
-    char* alignedBytes(int size, int alignment);
+    void* alignedBytes(int size, int alignment);
 
 private:
     GrBagOfBytes fAlloc;
diff --git a/tests/GrTextBlobTest.cpp b/tests/GrTextBlobTest.cpp
index 3eac52f..eb20895 100644
--- a/tests/GrTextBlobTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/GrTextBlobTest.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 
     {
         GrSubRunAllocator arena(4096);
-        char* ptr = arena.alignedBytes(4081, 8);
+        void* ptr = arena.alignedBytes(4081, 8);
         REPORTER_ASSERT(r, ((intptr_t)ptr & 7) == 0);
     }
 }