diff --git a/man7/fanotify.7 b/man7/fanotify.7
index c18ab68ed..c3d40b56d 100644
--- a/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ handle_events(int fd)
 
         /* Read some events */
 
-        len = read(fd, (void *) &buf, sizeof(buf));
+        len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
         if (len == \-1 && errno != EAGAIN) {
             perror("read");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     /* Read events from the event queue into a buffer */
 
-    len = read(fd, (void *) &events_buf, sizeof(events_buf));
+    len = read(fd, events_buf, sizeof(events_buf));
     if (len == \-1 && errno != EAGAIN) {
         perror("read");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);