diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index ccb849a0c..7d429ce49 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -758,7 +758,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(reg: &mut rustc_plugin::Registry<'_>, conf: &Conf) {
         panic_unimplemented::PANIC_PARAMS,
         ptr::CMP_NULL,
         ptr::PTR_ARG,
-        ptr_offset_with_cast::PTR_OFFSET_WITH_CAST,
         question_mark::QUESTION_MARK,
         redundant_field_names::REDUNDANT_FIELD_NAMES,
         regex::REGEX_MACRO,
@@ -819,6 +818,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(reg: &mut rustc_plugin::Registry<'_>, conf: &Conf) {
         overflow_check_conditional::OVERFLOW_CHECK_CONDITIONAL,
         partialeq_ne_impl::PARTIALEQ_NE_IMPL,
         precedence::PRECEDENCE,
+        ptr_offset_with_cast::PTR_OFFSET_WITH_CAST,
         ranges::RANGE_MINUS_ONE,
         ranges::RANGE_PLUS_ONE,
         ranges::RANGE_ZIP_WITH_LEN,
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/ptr_offset_with_cast.rs b/clippy_lints/src/ptr_offset_with_cast.rs
index 4a6bc8215..9c8382e43 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/ptr_offset_with_cast.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/ptr_offset_with_cast.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use crate::utils;
 /// ```
 declare_clippy_lint! {
     pub PTR_OFFSET_WITH_CAST,
-    style,
+    complexity,
     "uneeded pointer offset cast"
 }