diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_gc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_gc.c
index 07cf2fef4462..6e58d5f955d6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_gc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/sec_gc.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void sec_do_gc(struct ptlrpc_sec *sec)
 
 static int sec_gc_main(void *arg)
 {
-	struct ptlrpc_thread *thread = (struct ptlrpc_thread *) arg;
+	struct ptlrpc_thread *thread = arg;
 	struct l_wait_info lwi;
 
 	unshare_fs_struct();