diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index e3a2676..d33717c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@
 		printk("ide-floppy: passing drive %s to ide-scsi emulation.\n", drive->name);
 		goto failed;
 	}
-	if ((floppy = (idefloppy_floppy_t *) kzalloc (sizeof (idefloppy_floppy_t), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
+	if ((floppy = kzalloc(sizeof (idefloppy_floppy_t), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR "ide-floppy: %s: Can't allocate a floppy structure\n", drive->name);
 		goto failed;
 	}