diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6a72de6916ca..5e2ef045e6bb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e6b6e3ffb9ee8926f9f2f7dc9147df73e27d5828
+refs/heads/master: 61a564fd2e7ab13ab11a6ce8305433baacf344ef
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c
index d6a38cd5018e..7697d5b8296e 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/ibmebus.c
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ static int ibmebus_match_path(struct device *dev, void *data)
 
 static char *ibmebus_chomp(const char *in, size_t count)
 {
-	char *out = (char*)kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	char *out = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	if (!out)
 		return NULL;