1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/ioctl.c b/fs/cifs/ioctl.c
index 505926f1ee6b..9d38a71c8e14 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/ioctl.c
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ long cifs_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int command, unsigned long arg)
         __u64   ExtAttrMask = 0;
         __u64   caps;
         struct cifsTconInfo *tcon;
-        struct cifsFileInfo *pSMBFile =
-                (struct cifsFileInfo *)filep->private_data;
+        struct cifsFileInfo *pSMBFile = filep->private_data;
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
 
         xid = GetXid();