1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 5289254e7ab3..df467284ff4e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -3713,15 +3713,14 @@ int tty_register_driver(struct tty_driver *driver)
 
         if (!driver->major) {
                 error = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, driver->minor_start, driver->num,
-                                                (char*)driver->name);
+                                                driver->name);
                 if (!error) {
                         driver->major = MAJOR(dev);
                         driver->minor_start = MINOR(dev);
                 }
         } else {
                 dev = MKDEV(driver->major, driver->minor_start);
-                error = register_chrdev_region(dev, driver->num,
-                                                (char*)driver->name);
+                error = register_chrdev_region(dev, driver->num, driver->name);
         }
         if (error < 0) {
                 kfree(p);