diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index c8d0a73d64c4..3d6baa7d4534 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ struct page_frag_cache {
 	bool pfmemalloc;
 };
 
-typedef unsigned long __nocast vm_flags_t;
+typedef unsigned long vm_flags_t;
 
 /*
  * A region containing a mapping of a non-memory backed file under NOMMU