diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 0f92d97432a2..89eeb3720051 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static inline void pmd_set(pmd_t *pmdp, pte_t *ptep)
 
 #define pte_page(pte)		pfn_to_page(pte_pfn(pte))
 #define mk_pte(page, prot)	pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(page), prot)
-#define pfn_pte(pfn, prot)	(__pte(((pte_t)(pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT) | pgprot_val(prot)))
+#define pfn_pte(pfn, prot)	__pte(((pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT) | pgprot_val(prot))
 
 /* Don't use virt_to_pfn for macros below: could cause truncations for PAE40*/
 #define pte_pfn(pte)		(pte_val(pte) >> PAGE_SHIFT)