diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 035f32d4cbf2..bcf5746b1a8f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 097ef18d5aa9d2822647d39038d4f3e96e64d87b
+refs/heads/master: a53640c3f2d11a15d7834844d06554a6b1d2dce3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/hv/hv.c b/trunk/drivers/hv/hv.c
index 731158910c1e..ae4923756d98 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/hv/hv.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/hv/hv.c
@@ -289,9 +289,8 @@ void hv_synic_init(void *arg)
 	/* Check the version */
 	rdmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_SVERSION, version);
 
-	hv_context.event_dpc[cpu] = (struct tasklet_struct *)
-					kmalloc(sizeof(struct tasklet_struct),
-						GFP_ATOMIC);
+	hv_context.event_dpc[cpu] = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tasklet_struct),
+					    GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (hv_context.event_dpc[cpu] == NULL) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate event dpc\n");
 		goto cleanup;