1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/by_dir.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/by_dir.c
index 554f6600dc..40b0a1296a 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/by_dir.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/x509/by_dir.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ new_dir(X509_LOOKUP *lu)
 {
         BY_DIR *a;
 
-        if ((a = (BY_DIR *)malloc(sizeof(BY_DIR))) == NULL)
+        if ((a = malloc(sizeof(BY_DIR))) == NULL)
                 return (0);
         if ((a->buffer = BUF_MEM_new()) == NULL) {
                 free(a);