diff --git a/Xi/listdev.c b/Xi/listdev.c
index 470fb52ee..6a10091d0 100644
--- a/Xi/listdev.c
+++ b/Xi/listdev.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ SizeDeviceInfo(DeviceIntPtr d, int *namesize, int *size)
 static void
 CopyDeviceName(char **namebuf, const char *name)
 {
-    char *nameptr = (char *) *namebuf;
+    char *nameptr = *namebuf;
 
     if (name) {
         *nameptr++ = strlen(name);