1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c
index a394a23b9a20..3079378fb8cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c
@@ -2252,7 +2252,7 @@ static int hostap_tx_compl_read(local_info_t *local, int error,
         if (txdesc->sw_support) {
                 len = le16_to_cpu(txdesc->data_len);
                 if (len < PRISM2_DATA_MAXLEN) {
-                        *payload = (char *) kmalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+                        *payload = kmalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
                         if (*payload == NULL ||
                             hfa384x_from_bap(dev, BAP0, *payload, len)) {
                                 PDEBUG(DEBUG_EXTRA, "%s: could not read TX "