diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
index 4ae2371940bc..da993ed80ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -2366,7 +2366,7 @@ static int netdev_init(struct net_device *net_dev)
 	/* Set MTU upper limit; lower limit is 68B (default value) */
 	net_dev->max_mtu = DPAA2_ETH_MAX_MTU;
 	err = dpni_set_max_frame_length(priv->mc_io, 0, priv->mc_token,
-					(u16)DPAA2_ETH_MFL);
+					DPAA2_ETH_MFL);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "dpni_set_max_frame_length() failed\n");
 		return err;