diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 80ca932ba0bddaaf2d5a520d5fe408c14af508db..a4f6f57d91aa4398b1c49db596c1fec22d907cfd 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct pt_regs * regs)
 				goto out_free_file;
 
 			retval = -ENOMEM;
-			elf_interpreter = (char *) kmalloc(elf_ppnt->p_filesz,
+			elf_interpreter = kmalloc(elf_ppnt->p_filesz,
 							   GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!elf_interpreter)
 				goto out_free_file;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index e0344f69c79d971ce4fb95992ca4d3e13f32fbe5..5b3076e8ee906a62d16be19588779a125cba4a86 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static int load_elf_fdpic_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs
 				goto error;
 
 			/* read the name of the interpreter into memory */
-			interpreter_name = (char *) kmalloc(phdr->p_filesz, GFP_KERNEL);
+			interpreter_name = kmalloc(phdr->p_filesz, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!interpreter_name)
 				goto error;