diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 2cc7a8030275..e250910cffc8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct proc_inode *ei;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	ei = (struct proc_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(proc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(proc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
 	ei->pid = NULL;