1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/logread.c b/sysklogd/logread.c
index 9cc6561a4..745f97629 100644
--- a/sysklogd/logread.c
+++ b/sysklogd/logread.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int logread_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 log_len = buf->tail - i;
                 if (log_len < 0)
                         log_len += buf->size;
-                buf_data = (char *)xmalloc(log_len);
+                buf_data = xmalloc(log_len);
 
                 if (buf->tail < i) {
                         memcpy(buf_data, buf->data+i, buf->size-i);