diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index bec1e930ed736e233f5022e4255a9d50f6462356..48fbc2b97e952114c45162515ed211a9d40be40a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -511,8 +511,7 @@ int __init nvram_scan_partitions(void)
 			       "detected: 0-length partition\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
-		tmp_part = (struct nvram_partition *)
-			kmalloc(sizeof(struct nvram_partition), GFP_KERNEL);
+		tmp_part = kmalloc(sizeof(struct nvram_partition), GFP_KERNEL);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		if (!tmp_part) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "nvram_scan_partitions: kmalloc failed\n");
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index 5e93438afb068c89b27062cec2bb772d4e77ce4c..dbdc15aa8127f2c13e29359236e7b0869ad899fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_core_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 	if (!vcpu_book3s)
 		goto out;
 
-	vcpu_book3s->shadow_vcpu = (struct kvmppc_book3s_shadow_vcpu *)
+	vcpu_book3s->shadow_vcpu =
 		kzalloc(sizeof(*vcpu_book3s->shadow_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vcpu_book3s->shadow_vcpu)
 		goto free_vcpu;