diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c b/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c
index bc9e6b017b05..18ed5aebb166 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/icom.c
@@ -1415,8 +1415,7 @@ static int icom_alloc_adapter(struct icom_adapter
 	struct icom_adapter *cur_adapter_entry;
 	struct list_head *tmp;
 
-	icom_adapter = (struct icom_adapter *)
-	    kzalloc(sizeof(struct icom_adapter), GFP_KERNEL);
+	icom_adapter = kzalloc(sizeof(struct icom_adapter), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!icom_adapter) {
 		return -ENOMEM;