diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 3ee84604e36d..790d2727141a 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations hugetlbfs_aops = {
 
 static void init_once(void *foo)
 {
-	struct hugetlbfs_inode_info *ei = (struct hugetlbfs_inode_info *)foo;
+	struct hugetlbfs_inode_info *ei = foo;
 
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }