diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 407649967..00ce8ee55 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@
    - deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2006/03/25 18:56:55
      [bufaux.c channels.c packet.c]
      remove (char *) casts to a function that accepts void * for the arg
+   - deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2006/03/25 18:58:10
+     [channels.c]
+     delete cast not required
 
 20060325
  - OpenBSD CVS Sync
@@ -4428,4 +4431,4 @@
    - (djm) Trim deprecated options from INSTALL. Mention UsePAM
    - (djm) Fix quote handling in sftp; Patch from admorten AT umich.edu
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.4284 2006/03/26 03:28:50 djm Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.4285 2006/03/26 03:29:06 djm Exp $
diff --git a/channels.c b/channels.c
index 57634a21d..87e681319 100644
--- a/channels.c
+++ b/channels.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.246 2006/03/25 18:56:54 deraadt Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: channels.c,v 1.247 2006/03/25 18:58:10 deraadt Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ channel_decode_socks5(Channel *c, fd_set *readset, fd_set *writeset)
 	debug2("channel %d: socks5 post auth", c->self);
 	if (have < sizeof(s5_req)+1)
 		return 0;			/* need more */
-	memcpy((char *)&s5_req, p, sizeof(s5_req));
+	memcpy(&s5_req, p, sizeof(s5_req));
 	if (s5_req.version != 0x05 ||
 	    s5_req.command != SSH_SOCKS5_CONNECT ||
 	    s5_req.reserved != 0x00) {