1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
index df8d5bed6119..1a8e49607f11 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ static int sn_hwperf_enum_objects(int *nobj, struct sn_hwperf_object_info **ret)
         }
 
         sz = sn_hwperf_obj_cnt * sizeof(struct sn_hwperf_object_info);
-        if ((objbuf = (struct sn_hwperf_object_info *) vmalloc(sz)) == NULL) {
+        objbuf = vmalloc(sz);
+        if (objbuf == NULL) {
                 printk("sn_hwperf_enum_objects: vmalloc(%d) failed\n", (int)sz);
                 e = -ENOMEM;
                 goto out;