1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
index d0d84c43a9d4..91fed70a65a6 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ acpi_extract_package(union acpi_object *package,
                 return AE_BAD_DATA;
         }
 
-        format_string = (char *)format->pointer;
+        format_string = format->pointer;
 
         /*
          * Calculate size_required.
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ acpi_evaluate_reference(acpi_handle handle,
         if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
                 goto end;
 
-        package = (union acpi_object *)buffer.pointer;
+        package = buffer.pointer;
 
         if ((buffer.length == 0) || !package) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "No return object (len %X ptr %p)\n",