diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
index 828efff8a35b4bdcbc6b6411bca8b69b21c30ebb..5b2278b9a060c0202bc0636ef130f0c3aa785c7e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static void handle_cfg_param(struct wilc_vif *vif,
 			wid_list[i].val = (s8 *)&bss_type;
 			wid_list[i].type = WID_CHAR;
 			wid_list[i].size = sizeof(char);
-			hif_drv->cfg_values.bss_type = (u8)bss_type;
+			hif_drv->cfg_values.bss_type = bss_type;
 		} else {
 			netdev_err(vif->ndev, "check value 6 over\n");
 			goto unlock;