diff --git a/fs/befs/btree.c b/fs/befs/btree.c
index 81b042e..af5bb93 100644
--- a/fs/befs/btree.c
+++ b/fs/befs/btree.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	this_node = (befs_btree_node *) kmalloc(sizeof (befs_btree_node),
+	this_node = kmalloc(sizeof (befs_btree_node),
 						GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!this_node) {
 		befs_error(sb, "befs_btree_find() failed to allocate %u "
diff --git a/fs/befs/debug.c b/fs/befs/debug.c
index e831a8f..b8e304a 100644
--- a/fs/befs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/befs/debug.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 befs_error(const struct super_block *sb, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
-	char *err_buf = (char *) kmalloc(ERRBUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	char *err_buf = kmalloc(ERRBUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (err_buf == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "could not allocate %d bytes\n", ERRBUFSIZE);
 		return;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 befs_warning(const struct super_block *sb, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
-	char *err_buf = (char *) kmalloc(ERRBUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	char *err_buf = kmalloc(ERRBUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (err_buf == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "could not allocate %d bytes\n", ERRBUFSIZE);
 		return;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	char *err_buf = NULL;
 
 	if (BEFS_SB(sb)->mount_opts.debug) {
-		err_buf = (char *) kmalloc(ERRBUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+		err_buf = kmalloc(ERRBUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (err_buf == NULL) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "could not allocate %d bytes\n",
 				ERRBUFSIZE);