diff --git a/entitycache.module b/entitycache.module
index 3d05425..9714e97 100644
--- a/entitycache.module
+++ b/entitycache.module
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class EntityCacheControllerHelper extends DrupalDefaultEntityController {
       // In case we passed no IDs, but static loading by $conditions worked
       // ($entities is set), we don't want to query again.
       (!$passed_ids && !$entities))) {
-      $query = (new EntityFieldQuery());
+      $query = new EntityFieldQuery();
       $query->entityCondition('entity_type', $controller->entityType);
       foreach ($conditions as $property_name => $condition) {
         // Note $condition might be multiple values, which are treated as OR