diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index b18554898562..2d12b76b5a64 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static struct inode *
 rpc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct rpc_inode *rpci;
-	rpci = (struct rpc_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(rpc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rpci = kmem_cache_alloc(rpc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rpci)
 		return NULL;
 	return &rpci->vfs_inode;