diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_cb.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_cb.c
index d0c79d1bb9f6..6d87731c539d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_cb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/klnds/socklnd/socklnd_cb.c
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ ksocknal_recv (lnet_ni_t *ni, void *private, lnet_msg_t *msg, int delayed,
 	       unsigned int niov, struct kvec *iov, lnet_kiov_t *kiov,
 	       unsigned int offset, unsigned int mlen, unsigned int rlen)
 {
-	ksock_conn_t *conn = (ksock_conn_t *)private;
+	ksock_conn_t *conn = private;
 	ksock_sched_t *sched = conn->ksnc_scheduler;
 
 	LASSERT(mlen <= rlen);