1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv.c b/drivers/hv/hv.c
index 731158910c1e..ae4923756d98 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv.c
@@ -289,9 +289,8 @@ void hv_synic_init(void *arg)
         /* Check the version */
         rdmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_SVERSION, version);
 
-        hv_context.event_dpc[cpu] = (struct tasklet_struct *)
-                                        kmalloc(sizeof(struct tasklet_struct),
-                                                GFP_ATOMIC);
+        hv_context.event_dpc[cpu] = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tasklet_struct),
+                                            GFP_ATOMIC);
         if (hv_context.event_dpc[cpu] == NULL) {
                 pr_err("Unable to allocate event dpc\n");
                 goto cleanup;