1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irport.c b/drivers/net/irda/irport.c
index 654a68b490ae..3098960dc2a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/irport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/irport.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ irport_open(int i, unsigned int iobase, unsigned int irq)
         
         /* Allocate memory if needed */
         if (self->tx_buff.truesize > 0) {
-                self->tx_buff.head = (__u8 *) kmalloc(self->tx_buff.truesize, 
+                self->tx_buff.head = kmalloc(self->tx_buff.truesize,
                                                       GFP_KERNEL);
                 if (self->tx_buff.head == NULL) {
                         IRDA_ERROR("%s(), can't allocate memory for "