diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c
index 5b7747f6b847..9cab54bfa6f4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm72xx/gdm_wimax.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static void gdm_wimax_event_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u16 type, void *msg,
 {
 	struct nic *nic = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	u8 *buf = (u8 *)msg;
+	u8 *buf = msg;
 	u16 hci_cmd =  (buf[0]<<8) | buf[1];
 	u16 hci_len = (buf[2]<<8) | buf[3];