diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 18c2b3cf6bcc97873a120b0d7a143c823d27dc80..2fcfdbb43cd3a9e24e8a44b834b798f40e6695ef 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ struct hid_device *hid_parse_report(__u8 *start, unsigned size)
 	for (i = 0; i < HID_REPORT_TYPES; i++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->report_enum[i].report_list);
 
-	if (!(device->rdesc = (__u8 *)kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL))) {
+	if (!(device->rdesc = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL))) {
 		kfree(device->collection);
 		kfree(device);
 		return NULL;