2 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
index 475b596383cd..ac14460e3558 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ int falcon_probe_nic(struct efx_nic *efx)
 
         /* Allocate storage for hardware specific data */
         nic_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*nic_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-        efx->nic_data = (void *) nic_data;
+        efx->nic_data = nic_data;
 
         /* Determine number of ports etc. */
         rc = falcon_probe_nic_variant(efx);
@@ -2481,13 +2481,10 @@ int falcon_probe_nic(struct efx_nic *efx)
  */
 int falcon_init_nic(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
-        struct falcon_nic_data *data;
         efx_oword_t temp;
         unsigned thresh;
         int rc;
 
-        data = (struct falcon_nic_data *)efx->nic_data;
-
         /* Set up the address region register. This is only needed
          * for the B0 FPGA, but since we are just pushing in the
          * reset defaults this may as well be unconditional. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h b/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
index be09180ca39d..f4757e16484b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/net_driver.h
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ struct efx_nic {
 
         unsigned n_rx_nodesc_drop_cnt;
 
-        void *nic_data;
+        struct falcon_nic_data *nic_data;
 
         struct mutex mac_lock;
         int port_enabled;