diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
index 7f7eec5..f8ba90d 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 	- Use NTFS_MAX_CLUSTER_SIZE in super.c instead of hard coding 0x10000.
 	- Use MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE instead of variable sized array allocation for
 	  better code generation and one less sparse warning in fs/ntfs/aops.c.
+	- Remove spurious void pointer casts from fs/ntfs/.  (Pekka Enberg)
 
 2.1.22 - Many bug and race fixes and error handling improvements.
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index f7bee8d..886214a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -317,8 +317,7 @@
 	ntfs_inode *ni;
 
 	ntfs_debug("Entering.");
-	ni = (ntfs_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(ntfs_big_inode_cache,
-			SLAB_NOFS);
+	ni = kmem_cache_alloc(ntfs_big_inode_cache, SLAB_NOFS);
 	if (likely(ni != NULL)) {
 		ni->state = 0;
 		return VFS_I(ni);
@@ -343,7 +342,7 @@
 	ntfs_inode *ni;
 
 	ntfs_debug("Entering.");
-	ni = (ntfs_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(ntfs_inode_cache, SLAB_NOFS);
+	ni = kmem_cache_alloc(ntfs_inode_cache, SLAB_NOFS);
 	if (likely(ni != NULL)) {
 		ni->state = 0;
 		return ni;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/unistr.c b/fs/ntfs/unistr.c
index 560b0ea..19c42e2 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/unistr.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/unistr.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 
 	/* We don't trust outside sources. */
 	if (ins) {
-		ucs = (ntfschar*)kmem_cache_alloc(ntfs_name_cache, SLAB_NOFS);
+		ucs = kmem_cache_alloc(ntfs_name_cache, SLAB_NOFS);
 		if (ucs) {
 			for (i = o = 0; i < ins_len; i += wc_len) {
 				wc_len = nls->char2uni(ins + i, ins_len - i,