diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index bd24a97..a88745e 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ __nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int type, int len, int fla
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
 	int size = nlmsg_msg_size(len);
 
-	nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)skb_put(skb, NLMSG_ALIGN(size));
+	nlh = skb_put(skb, NLMSG_ALIGN(size));
 	nlh->nlmsg_type = type;
 	nlh->nlmsg_len = size;
 	nlh->nlmsg_flags = flags;