diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
index 5ca82cd4a374..c1eef241017a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static int kgdb_singlestep(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (user_mode(regs))
 		return 0;
 
-	backup_current_thread_info = (struct thread_info *)kmalloc(sizeof(struct thread_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	backup_current_thread_info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct thread_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	/*
 	 * On Book E and perhaps other processors, singlestep is handled on
 	 * the critical exception stack.  This causes current_thread_info()