diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
index 890fb5e..1b3ed4f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	dprintk("RPC:      allocating UNIX cred for uid %d gid %d\n",
 				acred->uid, acred->gid);
 
-	if (!(cred = (struct unx_cred *) kmalloc(sizeof(*cred), GFP_KERNEL)))
+	if (!(cred = kmalloc(sizeof(*cred), GFP_KERNEL)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	atomic_set(&cred->uc_count, 1);