diff --git a/llvm/lib/ProfileData/InstrProf.cpp b/llvm/lib/ProfileData/InstrProf.cpp
index bd3964ce127fd..542572975dc89 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/ProfileData/InstrProf.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/ProfileData/InstrProf.cpp
@@ -1160,8 +1160,7 @@ void getValueForSiteInstrProf(const void *R, InstrProfValueData *Dst,
 }
 
 ValueProfData *allocValueProfDataInstrProf(size_t TotalSizeInBytes) {
-  ValueProfData *VD =
-      (ValueProfData *)(new (::operator new(TotalSizeInBytes)) ValueProfData());
+  ValueProfData *VD = new (::operator new(TotalSizeInBytes)) ValueProfData();
   memset(VD, 0, TotalSizeInBytes);
   return VD;
 }