1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index 4a32511f4ded..a49ce4a7c23d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -792,9 +792,9 @@ find_next_usable_block(ext3_grpblk_t start, struct buffer_head *bh,
         if (here < 0)
                 here = 0;
 
-        p = ((char *)bh->b_data) + (here >> 3);
+        p = bh->b_data + (here >> 3);
         r = memscan(p, 0, ((maxblocks + 7) >> 3) - (here >> 3));
-        next = (r - ((char *)bh->b_data)) << 3;
+        next = (r - bh->b_data) << 3;
 
         if (next < maxblocks && next >= start && ext3_test_allocatable(next, bh))
                 return next;