diff --git a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
index cff6791..5586609 100644
--- a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
+++ b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 
-	hdr = (struct qrtr_hdr *)skb_put(skb, QRTR_HDR_SIZE);
+	hdr = skb_put(skb, QRTR_HDR_SIZE);
 	hdr->version = cpu_to_le32(QRTR_PROTO_VER);
 	hdr->type = cpu_to_le32(type);
 	hdr->src_node_id = cpu_to_le32(src_node);