diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c
index eeb8518c8a84..b7093975b14c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sungem.c
@@ -2965,9 +2965,8 @@ static int gem_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	/* It is guaranteed that the returned buffer will be at least
 	 * PAGE_SIZE aligned.
 	 */
-	gp->init_block = (struct gem_init_block *)
-		dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct gem_init_block),
-				   &gp->gblock_dvma, GFP_KERNEL);
+	gp->init_block = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct gem_init_block),
+					    &gp->gblock_dvma, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!gp->init_block) {
 		pr_err("Cannot allocate init block, aborting\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;