diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
index df85a0c0f2d5..cd89510eab2a 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ for (pos = chunk->subh.fwdtsn_hdr->skip;\
 #define WORD_ROUND(s) (((s)+3)&~3)
 
 /* Make a new instance of type.  */
-#define t_new(type, flags)	(type *)kzalloc(sizeof(type), flags)
+#define t_new(type, flags)	kzalloc(sizeof(type), flags)
 
 /* Compare two timevals.  */
 #define tv_lt(s, t) \
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 1c2e46cb9191..eaee00c61139 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ SCTP_STATIC __init int sctp_init(void)
 
 	/* Allocate and initialize the endpoint hash table.  */
 	sctp_ep_hashsize = 64;
-	sctp_ep_hashtable = (struct sctp_hashbucket *)
+	sctp_ep_hashtable =
 		kmalloc(64 * sizeof(struct sctp_hashbucket), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sctp_ep_hashtable) {
 		pr_err("Failed endpoint_hash alloc\n");