diff --git a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-traffic.c b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
index fe3ae518c69c30b24eeb7e12ec61dfaa08983ebb..daeec2152bf9404a2a7683d2241cd222e19c26de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ void vxge_hw_fifo_txdl_post(struct __vxge_hw_fifo *fifo, void *txdlh)
 	vxge_hw_channel_dtr_post(&fifo->channel, txdlh);
 
 	__vxge_hw_non_offload_db_post(fifo,
-		(u64)(size_t)txdl_priv->dma_addr,
+		(u64)txdl_priv->dma_addr,
 		txdl_priv->frags - 1,
 		fifo->no_snoop_bits);