diff --git a/drivers/scsi/osst.c b/drivers/scsi/osst.c
index 54de1d1..521e218 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/osst.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/osst.c
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@
 	int			dbg              = debugging;
 #endif
 
-	if ((buffer = (unsigned char *)vmalloc((nframes + 1) * OS_DATA_SIZE)) == NULL)
+	if ((buffer = vmalloc((nframes + 1) * OS_DATA_SIZE)) == NULL)
 		return (-EIO);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s:I: Reading back %d frames from drive buffer%s\n",
@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@
 	if (STp->raw) return 0;
 
 	if (STp->header_cache == NULL) {
-		if ((STp->header_cache = (os_header_t *)vmalloc(sizeof(os_header_t))) == NULL) {
+		if ((STp->header_cache = vmalloc(sizeof(os_header_t))) == NULL) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s:E: Failed to allocate header cache\n", name);
 			return (-ENOMEM);
 		}
@@ -2484,7 +2484,7 @@
 				   name, ppos, update_frame_cntr);
 #endif
 		if (STp->header_cache == NULL) {
-			if ((STp->header_cache = (os_header_t *)vmalloc(sizeof(os_header_t))) == NULL) {
+			if ((STp->header_cache = vmalloc(sizeof(os_header_t))) == NULL) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "%s:E: Failed to allocate header cache\n", name);
 				return 0;
 			}
@@ -5851,9 +5851,7 @@
 	/* if this is the first attach, build the infrastructure */
 	write_lock(&os_scsi_tapes_lock);
 	if (os_scsi_tapes == NULL) {
-		os_scsi_tapes =
-			(struct osst_tape **)kmalloc(osst_max_dev * sizeof(struct osst_tape *),
-				   GFP_ATOMIC);
+		os_scsi_tapes = kmalloc(osst_max_dev * sizeof(struct osst_tape *), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (os_scsi_tapes == NULL) {
 			write_unlock(&os_scsi_tapes_lock);
 			printk(KERN_ERR "osst :E: Unable to allocate array for OnStream SCSI tapes.\n");