diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index e37162229342e1c3ecddfef8139cd58cca6850b4..a4b70dfdcf040aa9e52358cd908a0e84d8cab76f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ acpi_ec_space_handler (
 		if (function == ACPI_WRITE)
 			temp >>= 8;
 		i++;
-		(u8)address ++;
+		address++;
 		goto next_byte;
 	}