diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index ba5d8f7cc5f2..6af95f9b7b52 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl **param)
 	if (tmp.data_size < sizeof(tmp))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	dmi = (struct dm_ioctl *) vmalloc(tmp.data_size);
+	dmi = vmalloc(tmp.data_size);
 	if (!dmi)
 		return -ENOMEM;