diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index d4eae6af07382dc404d278ff1bf67814f8449fb2..b6a59498b5a7d31d83fe7a436cd752b6c4f2fb03 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1179,7 +1179,6 @@ static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(void)
 static long kvm_dev_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			  unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	long r = -EINVAL;
 
 	switch (ioctl) {
@@ -1196,7 +1195,7 @@ static long kvm_dev_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		r = kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm();
 		break;
 	case KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION:
-		r = kvm_dev_ioctl_check_extension((long)argp);
+		r = kvm_dev_ioctl_check_extension(arg);
 		break;
 	case KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE:
 		r = -EINVAL;