diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/utmpx.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/utmpx.rs
index 4a101e22c..ab3de65fa 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/utmpx.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/utmpx.rs
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ impl UtmpxIter {
     ///
     /// If not set, default record file will be used(file path depends on the target OS)
     pub fn read_from(self, f: &str) -> Self {
+        // FixME: discuss and revise a rewrite which is correct and satisfies clippy/rustc
+        #[allow(clippy::temporary_cstring_as_ptr)]
         let res = unsafe { utmpxname(CString::new(f).unwrap().as_ptr()) };
         if res != 0 {
             println!("Warning: {}", IOError::last_os_error());