1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_ameth.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_ameth.c
index ec074329f2..521ada3299 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_ameth.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/ec/ec_ameth.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ eckey_priv_encode(PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO * p8, const EVP_PKEY * pkey)
                 ECerr(EC_F_ECKEY_PRIV_ENCODE, ERR_R_EC_LIB);
                 return 0;
         }
-        ep = (unsigned char *) malloc(eplen);
+        ep = malloc(eplen);
         if (!ep) {
                 EC_KEY_set_enc_flags(ec_key, old_flags);
                 ECerr(EC_F_ECKEY_PRIV_ENCODE, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);