diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/typecast.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/typecast.cocci
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be2183ee4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/typecast.cocci
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+// Remove useless casts
+@@
+type T;
+T v;
+@@
+-	(T *)&v
++	&v