diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 5289254e7ab3..df467284ff4e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -3713,15 +3713,14 @@ int tty_register_driver(struct tty_driver *driver)
 
 	if (!driver->major) {
 		error = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, driver->minor_start, driver->num,
-						(char*)driver->name);
+						driver->name);
 		if (!error) {
 			driver->major = MAJOR(dev);
 			driver->minor_start = MINOR(dev);
 		}
 	} else {
 		dev = MKDEV(driver->major, driver->minor_start);
-		error = register_chrdev_region(dev, driver->num,
-						(char*)driver->name);
+		error = register_chrdev_region(dev, driver->num, driver->name);
 	}
 	if (error < 0) {
 		kfree(p);