diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
index 3c8b4b153ec4..72ff46b16704 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
@@ -1524,8 +1524,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t cxgb4_eth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			if (iph->version == 4) {
 				iph->check = 0;
 				iph->tot_len = 0;
-				iph->check = (u16)(~ip_fast_csum((u8 *)iph,
-								 iph->ihl));
+				iph->check = ~ip_fast_csum((u8 *)iph, iph->ihl);
 			}
 			if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
 				cntrl = hwcsum(adap->params.chip, skb);