diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceNetAdhoc.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceNetAdhoc.cpp
index c0b76c1d0..40a0bb9fd 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceNetAdhoc.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceNetAdhoc.cpp
@@ -305,8 +305,7 @@ static int sceNetAdhocPdpCreate(const char *mac, u32 port, int bufferSize, u32 u
 				//return ERROR_NET_ADHOC_PORT_IN_USE;
 
 				// Create Internet UDP Socket
-				int usocket = (int)INVALID_SOCKET;
-				usocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+				int usocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
 				// Valid Socket produced
 				if (usocket != INVALID_SOCKET) {
 					// Enable Port Re-use
@@ -1399,8 +1398,7 @@ static int sceNetAdhocPtpOpen(const char *srcmac, int sport, const char *dstmac,
 				// Valid Arguments
 				if (bufsize > 0 && rexmt_int > 0 && rexmt_cnt > 0) {
 					// Create Infrastructure Socket
-					int tcpsocket = (int)INVALID_SOCKET;
-					tcpsocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+					int tcpsocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
 					
 					// Valid Socket produced
 					if (tcpsocket > 0) {