diff --git a/arch/mips/au1000/common/dbdma.c b/arch/mips/au1000/common/dbdma.c
index a5a6709637e0..d00e8247d6c2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/au1000/common/dbdma.c
+++ b/arch/mips/au1000/common/dbdma.c
@@ -290,8 +290,7 @@ au1xxx_dbdma_chan_alloc(u32 srcid, u32 destid,
 				/* If kmalloc fails, it is caught below same
 				 * as a channel not available.
 				 */
-				ctp = (chan_tab_t *)
-					kmalloc(sizeof(chan_tab_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+				ctp = kmalloc(sizeof(chan_tab_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 				chan_tab_ptr[i] = ctp;
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/irixelf.c b/arch/mips/kernel/irixelf.c
index 5aeacc1ffb24..99262fe64560 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/irixelf.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/irixelf.c
@@ -422,9 +422,7 @@ static inline int look_for_irix_interpreter(char **name,
 		if (*name != NULL)
 			goto out;
 
-		*name = (char *) kmalloc((epp->p_filesz +
-					  strlen(IRIX_EMUL)),
-					 GFP_KERNEL);
+		*name = kmalloc(epp->p_filesz + strlen(IRIX_EMUL), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!*name)
 			return -ENOMEM;