diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c
index da73801301d588bf14eb4e107e42609bedbfb51b..e515e99a02f945ae8d1d69ad19c36aab9beca960 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/super.c
@@ -1415,9 +1415,11 @@ static struct kmem_cache * ufs_inode_cachep;
 static struct inode *ufs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ufs_inode_info *ei;
-	ei = (struct ufs_inode_info *)kmem_cache_alloc(ufs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+
+	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(ufs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;
+
 	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }