1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_mppe.c b/drivers/net/ppp_mppe.c
index f3655fd772f5..d5bdd2574659 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_mppe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_mppe.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void *mppe_alloc(unsigned char *options, int optlen)
             || options[0] != CI_MPPE || options[1] != CILEN_MPPE)
                 goto out;
 
-        state = (struct ppp_mppe_state *) kmalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_KERNEL);
+        state = kmalloc(sizeof(*state), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (state == NULL)
                 goto out;