diff --git a/Lib/python/pyswigtype.swg b/Lib/python/pyswigtype.swg
index a7bd2a58e..2a139f5a3 100644
--- a/Lib/python/pyswigtype.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/pyswigtype.swg
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 }
 
 %typemap(directorin) SWIGTYPE {
-  $input = SWIG_NewPointerObj(SWIG_static_cast(SWIG_static_cast(&$1_name, $&1_ltype), void*), $descriptor, 0);
+  $input = SWIG_NewPointerObj(SWIG_static_cast(SWIG_static_cast(&$1_name, $&1_ltype), void*), $&descriptor, 0);
 }
 
 %typemap(directorin) SWIGTYPE& {