diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_kbd.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_kbd.c
index e881e6b26a4c..a01f486621eb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_kbd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_kbd.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int nvec_keys_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 			      unsigned long event_type, void *data)
 {
 	int code, state;
-	unsigned char *msg = (unsigned char *)data;
+	unsigned char *msg = data;
 
 	if (event_type == NVEC_KB_EVT) {
 		int _size = (msg[0] & (3 << 5)) >> 5;