diff --git a/drivers/base/dmapool.c b/drivers/base/dmapool.c
index dbe0735..f95d502 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dmapool.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dmapool.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 	mapsize = (mapsize + BITS_PER_LONG - 1) / BITS_PER_LONG;
 	mapsize *= sizeof (long);
 
-	page = (struct dma_page *) kmalloc (mapsize + sizeof *page, mem_flags);
+	page = kmalloc(mapsize + sizeof *page, mem_flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	page->vaddr = dma_alloc_coherent (pool->dev,