diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c
index d210d131fef2..63b52f7080fa 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int pxa2xx_flash_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!info)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	info->map.name = (char *) flash->name;
+	info->map.name = flash->name;
 	info->map.bankwidth = flash->width;
 	info->map.phys = res->start;
 	info->map.size = resource_size(res);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/sun_uflash.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/sun_uflash.c
index d467f3b11c96..39cc4181f025 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/sun_uflash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/sun_uflash.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int uflash_devinit(struct platform_device *op, struct device_node *dp)
 
 	up->name = of_get_property(dp, "model", NULL);
 	if (up->name && 0 < strlen(up->name))
-		up->map.name = (char *)up->name;
+		up->map.name = up->name;
 
 	up->map.phys = op->resource[0].start;