diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
index 241d373..3538c2f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
 /* Kernel lock for "lastev" protection */
 static unsigned int usb_device_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *wait)
 {
-	struct usb_device_status *st = (struct usb_device_status *)file->private_data;
+	struct usb_device_status *st = file->private_data;
 	unsigned int mask = 0;
 
 	lock_kernel();
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
 			unlock_kernel();
 			return POLLIN;
 		}
-		
+
 		/* we may have dropped BKL - need to check for having lost the race */
 		if (file->private_data) {
 			kfree(st);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index 71bbd25..a94c63b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 
 static ssize_t usbdev_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct dev_state *ps = (struct dev_state *)file->private_data;
+	struct dev_state *ps = file->private_data;
 	struct usb_device *dev = ps->dev;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
 	unsigned len;
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 
 static void async_completed(struct urb *urb, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-        struct async *as = (struct async *)urb->context;
+        struct async *as = urb->context;
         struct dev_state *ps = as->ps;
 	struct siginfo sinfo;
 
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 
 static int usbdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct dev_state *ps = (struct dev_state *)file->private_data;
+	struct dev_state *ps = file->private_data;
 	struct usb_device *dev = ps->dev;
 	unsigned int ifnum;
 
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@
  */
 static int usbdev_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct dev_state *ps = (struct dev_state *)file->private_data;
+	struct dev_state *ps = file->private_data;
 	struct usb_device *dev = ps->dev;
 	void __user *p = (void __user *)arg;
 	int ret = -ENOTTY;
@@ -1566,8 +1566,8 @@
 /* No kernel lock - fine */
 static unsigned int usbdev_poll(struct file *file, struct poll_table_struct *wait)
 {
-	struct dev_state *ps = (struct dev_state *)file->private_data;
-        unsigned int mask = 0;
+	struct dev_state *ps = file->private_data;
+	unsigned int mask = 0;
 
 	poll_wait(file, &ps->wait, wait);
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE && !list_empty(&ps->async_completed))
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index 7479bd3..c74baad 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
 /* completion function, fires on port status changes and various faults */
 static void hub_irq(struct urb *urb, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	struct usb_hub *hub = (struct usb_hub *)urb->context;
+	struct usb_hub *hub = urb->context;
 	int status;
 	int i;
 	unsigned long bits;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 			goto resubmit;
 		hub->error = urb->status;
 		/* FALL THROUGH */
-	
+
 	/* let khubd handle things */
 	case 0:			/* we got data:  port status changed */
 		bits = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index 28c6cf2..85b1cd1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
 
 static void sg_complete (struct urb *urb, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	struct usb_sg_request	*io = (struct usb_sg_request *) urb->context;
+	struct usb_sg_request	*io = urb->context;
 
 	spin_lock (&io->lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
index 5769199..9801d08e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 {
 	struct urb *urb;
 
-	urb = (struct urb *)kmalloc(sizeof(struct urb) + 
+	urb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct urb) +
 		iso_packets * sizeof(struct usb_iso_packet_descriptor),
 		mem_flags);
 	if (!urb) {