diff --git a/p4src/parsers.p4 b/p4src/parsers.p4
index 72bf8e6..b2c05e2 100644
--- a/p4src/parsers.p4
+++ b/p4src/parsers.p4
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ parser MyParser(packet_in packet,
     state ipv6 {
         packet.extract(hdr.ipv6);
 		meta.tcp_length = hdr.ipv6.payload_length;
-		meta.cast_length = (<bit32>) hdr.ipv6.payload_length;
+		meta.cast_length = (bit<32>) hdr.ipv6.payload_length;
 
         transition select(hdr.ipv6.next_header){
             PROTO_TCP: tcp;