diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index ed77f94dbf1d..be0de8a63e57 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static void
 assemble_neg_contexts(struct smb2_negotiate_req *req,
 		      struct TCP_Server_Info *server, unsigned int *total_len)
 {
-	char *pneg_ctxt = (char *)req;
+	char *pneg_ctxt;
 	unsigned int ctxt_len;
 
 	if (*total_len > 200) {