diff --git a/arch/sparc/oprofile/init.c b/arch/sparc/oprofile/init.c
index 9ce34fd294c917606c38d1c9f73d0ecf18d84f3b..f97cb8b6ee5fec51b5f20d572357442e340115be 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/oprofile/init.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/oprofile/init.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 static int profile_timer_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 					   unsigned long val, void *data)
 {
-	struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data;
+	struct die_args *args = data;
 	int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	switch (val) {