1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/nmeter.c b/miscutils/nmeter.c
index b09877137..0c9485350 100644
--- a/miscutils/nmeter.c
+++ b/miscutils/nmeter.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static const char* get_file(proc_file *pf)
                 // but allows us to allocate only once (at first sample)
                 // per proc file, and reuse buffer for each sample
                 if (!pf->file)
-                        pf->file = (char*)xmalloc(proc_file_size);
+                        pf->file = xmalloc(proc_file_size);
                 readfile_z(pf->file, proc_file_size, pf->name);
         }
         return pf->file;