diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsext.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsext.rs
index 7fbe62d6d..83eca0fa0 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsext.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/fsext.rs
@@ -812,8 +812,9 @@ impl FsMeta for StatFs {
         target_os = "openbsd"
     ))]
     fn fsid(&self) -> u64 {
-        let f_fsid: &[u32; 2] =
-            unsafe { &*(&self.f_fsid as *const nix::sys::statfs::fsid_t as *const [u32; 2]) };
+        // Use type inference to determine the type of f_fsid
+        // (libc::__fsid_t on Android, libc::fsid_t on other platforms)
+        let f_fsid: &[u32; 2] = unsafe { &*(&self.f_fsid as *const _ as *const [u32; 2]) };
         ((u64::from(f_fsid[0])) << 32) | u64::from(f_fsid[1])
     }
     #[cfg(not(any(