diff --git a/drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c b/drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c
index 8d73a8642736..be777a4945ca 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/altera-stapl/altera.c
@@ -2384,7 +2384,7 @@ static int altera_get_act_info(u8 *p,
 		act_proc_attribute =
 			(p[proc_table + (13 * act_proc_id) + 8] & 0x03);
 
-		procptr = (struct altera_procinfo *)
+		procptr =
 				kzalloc(sizeof(struct altera_procinfo),
 								GFP_KERNEL);