diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smscoreapi.c b/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smscoreapi.c
index 0c87a3c3899ada10eceee75b0cd2ec07be1030fc..828bcc2e129be683bf6c9d872d3d65424c1a33d9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smscoreapi.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smscoreapi.c
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ static struct smscore_registry_entry_t *smscore_find_registry(char *devpath)
 			return entry;
 		}
 	}
-	entry = (struct smscore_registry_entry_t *)
-			kmalloc(sizeof(struct smscore_registry_entry_t),
-				GFP_KERNEL);
+	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(struct smscore_registry_entry_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (entry) {
 		entry->mode = default_mode;
 		strcpy(entry->devpath, devpath);
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/w9968cf.c b/drivers/media/video/w9968cf.c
index d807eea9175783a0e9b57610e9b6ba095c83c6f1..591fc6db48fbf0bbef59a48de2fb5d40fa97065c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/w9968cf.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/w9968cf.c
@@ -3429,8 +3429,7 @@ w9968cf_usb_probe(struct usb_interface* intf, const struct usb_device_id* id)
 	else
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	cam = (struct w9968cf_device*)
-		  kzalloc(sizeof(struct w9968cf_device), GFP_KERNEL);
+	cam = kzalloc(sizeof(struct w9968cf_device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cam)
 		return -ENOMEM;