diff --git a/src/node_dir.cc b/src/node_dir.cc
index 36366502aafe3b..ec53d8216bcba0 100644
--- a/src/node_dir.cc
+++ b/src/node_dir.cc
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static void OpenDir(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
 
   const enum encoding encoding = ParseEncoding(isolate, args[1], UTF8);
 
-  FSReqBase* req_wrap_async = static_cast<FSReqBase*>(GetReqWrap(env, args[2]));
+  FSReqBase* req_wrap_async = GetReqWrap(env, args[2]);
   if (req_wrap_async != nullptr) {  // openDir(path, encoding, req)
     AsyncCall(env, req_wrap_async, args, "opendir", encoding, AfterOpenDir,
               uv_fs_opendir, *path);