diff --git a/lib/curl_sasl.h b/lib/curl_sasl.h
index 63888ffacd7c5eb1054442cbde7150594ea42753..b1b4f8bdee6be74d0bea02a05cc6ab7b2bcd43b7 100644
--- a/lib/curl_sasl.h
+++ b/lib/curl_sasl.h
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ CURLcode Curl_sasl_decode_cram_md5_message(const char *chlg64, char **outptr,
 
 /* This is used to generate a base64 encoded CRAM-MD5 response message */
 CURLcode Curl_sasl_create_cram_md5_message(struct SessionHandle *data,
-                                           const char *chlg64,
+                                           const char *chlg,
                                            const char *user,
                                            const char *passwdp,
                                            char **outptr, size_t *outlen);
 
 /* This is used to generate a base64 encoded DIGEST-MD5 response message */
 CURLcode Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message(struct SessionHandle *data,
-                                             const char *chlg,
+                                             const char *chlg64,
                                              const char *user,
                                              const char *passwdp,
                                              const char *service,
diff --git a/lib/pop3.c b/lib/pop3.c
index d4075f4b3c4030db8d5253a85a0dc056d21f4d12..79ce43ecbf0dbb035a0c26fe8d61f59e654048d7 100644
--- a/lib/pop3.c
+++ b/lib/pop3.c
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ static CURLcode pop3_state_auth_cram_resp(struct connectdata *conn,
   }
   else {
     /* Create the response message */
-    result = Curl_sasl_create_cram_md5_message(data, chlg64, conn->user,
+    result = Curl_sasl_create_cram_md5_message(data, chlg, conn->user,
                                                conn->passwd, &rplyb64, &len);
     if(!result && rplyb64) {
       /* Send the response */
diff --git a/lib/smtp.c b/lib/smtp.c
index 68537e74d4e7c342aa4c2bc9c80436c280c1b8c0..30c89dba18333c164adee4dd0b0bdcdb3e8ac9ab 100644
--- a/lib/smtp.c
+++ b/lib/smtp.c
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ static CURLcode smtp_state_auth_cram_resp(struct connectdata *conn,
   }
   else {
     /* Create the response message */
-    result = Curl_sasl_create_cram_md5_message(data, chlg64, conn->user,
+    result = Curl_sasl_create_cram_md5_message(data, chlg, conn->user,
                                                conn->passwd, &rplyb64, &len);
     if(!result && rplyb64) {
       /* Send the response */