diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostextresponder.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostextresponder.mm
index 6224a6603c..3a888e2bd0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostextresponder.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiostextresponder.mm
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@
 
 - (id<UITextInputTokenizer>)tokenizer
 {
-    return [[[UITextInputStringTokenizer alloc] initWithTextInput:id<UITextInput>(self)] autorelease];
+    return [[[UITextInputStringTokenizer alloc] initWithTextInput:self] autorelease];
 }
 
 - (UITextPosition *)beginningOfDocument