diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index 037e3e597ff490b0d8e75fac648540e1a07ff51a..0642516d36c8807cdd5c7d27c2ca088a4a1d80e5 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache * hpfs_inode_cachep;
 static struct inode *hpfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct hpfs_inode_info *ei;
-	ei = (struct hpfs_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(hpfs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(hpfs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
 	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;