diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
index 6b11645edf35532506edc38076148b3ccb85c6df..cef5d676120a542f043ca039f26b581a68a3a86a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ static int qib_close(struct inode *in, struct file *fp)
 
 	mutex_lock(&qib_mutex);
 
-	fd = (struct qib_filedata *) fp->private_data;
+	fd = fp->private_data;
 	fp->private_data = NULL;
 	rcd = fd->rcd;
 	if (!rcd) {
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ static int qib_ctxt_info(struct file *fp, struct qib_ctxt_info __user *uinfo)
 	struct qib_ctxtdata *rcd = ctxt_fp(fp);
 	struct qib_filedata *fd;
 
-	fd = (struct qib_filedata *) fp->private_data;
+	fd = fp->private_data;
 
 	info.num_active = qib_count_active_units();
 	info.unit = rcd->dd->unit;