1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c
index feda0341f5a7..226892eaf987 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_irq.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ int acpi_pci_irq_add_prt(acpi_handle handle, int segment, int bus)
         static int first_time = 1;
 
 
-        pathname = (char *)kmalloc(ACPI_PATHNAME_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+        pathname = kmalloc(ACPI_PATHNAME_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!pathname)
                 return -ENOMEM;
         memset(pathname, 0, ACPI_PATHNAME_MAX);