1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
index 462ea178f49a..33367996d72d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void print_pci_topology(struct seq_file *s)
         int e;
 
         for (sz = PAGE_SIZE; sz < 16 * PAGE_SIZE; sz += PAGE_SIZE) {
-                if (!(p = (char *)kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL)))
+                if (!(p = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL)))
                         break;
                 e = ia64_sn_ioif_get_pci_topology(__pa(p), sz);
                 if (e == SALRET_OK)