diff --git a/drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c b/drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c
index 0adba75be8b7..efe6aecbf9b7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c
@@ -697,8 +697,7 @@ static int SetArea(DEVICE_EXTENSION * pdx, int nArea, char __user * puBuf,
 		return -EFAULT;	// ...then we are done
 
 	// Now allocate space to hold the page pointer and virtual address pointer tables
-	pPages =
-	    (struct page **)kmalloc(len * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	pPages = kmalloc(len * sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pPages) {
 		iReturn = U14ERR_NOMEMORY;
 		goto error;