diff --git a/src/include/switch_console.h b/src/include/switch_console.h
index 3c3f24ee90..d712c269a8 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_console.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_console.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 SWITCH_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
 #define SWITCH_CMD_CHUNK_LEN 1024
-#define SWITCH_STANDARD_STREAM(s) if ((s.data = (char *)malloc(SWITCH_CMD_CHUNK_LEN))) { \
+#define SWITCH_STANDARD_STREAM(s) if ((s.data = malloc(SWITCH_CMD_CHUNK_LEN))) { \
 		memset(s.data, 0, SWITCH_CMD_CHUNK_LEN);						\
 		s.end = s.data;\
 		s.data_size = SWITCH_CMD_CHUNK_LEN;\