diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index ab15a6c..a0c738a 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ struct nlattr *__nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen)
 {
 	struct nlattr *nla;
 
-	nla = (struct nlattr *) skb_put(skb, nla_total_size(attrlen));
+	nla = skb_put(skb, nla_total_size(attrlen));
 	nla->nla_type = attrtype;
 	nla->nla_len = nla_attr_size(attrlen);