diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcl711.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcl711.c
index 89982fb52e50..f0fc123ef566 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcl711.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcl711.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static irqreturn_t pcl711_interrupt(int irq, void *d)
 
 	outb(PCL711_INT_STAT_CLR, dev->iobase + PCL711_INT_STAT_REG);
 
-	if (comedi_buf_put(s->async, (short)data) == 0) {
+	if (comedi_buf_put(s->async, data) == 0) {
 		s->async->events |= COMEDI_CB_OVERFLOW | COMEDI_CB_ERROR;
 	} else {
 		s->async->events |= COMEDI_CB_BLOCK | COMEDI_CB_EOS;