diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
index ca2060e043951b1668e3e7a2b058183df9a76fae..55ea260572bf576319fe5a299f5e19341bcf0df1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -1536,8 +1536,7 @@ static int dvb_frontend_ioctl_properties(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 		if ((tvps->num == 0) || (tvps->num > DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		tvp = (struct dtv_property *) kmalloc(tvps->num *
-			sizeof(struct dtv_property), GFP_KERNEL);
+		tvp = kmalloc(tvps->num * sizeof(struct dtv_property), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tvp) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
@@ -1569,8 +1568,7 @@ static int dvb_frontend_ioctl_properties(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 		if ((tvps->num == 0) || (tvps->num > DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		tvp = (struct dtv_property *) kmalloc(tvps->num *
-			sizeof(struct dtv_property), GFP_KERNEL);
+		tvp = kmalloc(tvps->num * sizeof(struct dtv_property), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tvp) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;