diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/libceph.h b/include/linux/ceph/libceph.h
index c44275ab375c82741a1d3f639465eff72b62b0a9..2250f8bb249094e95015c1f980966a5717bfff85 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/libceph.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/libceph.h
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ extern int ceph_open_session(struct ceph_client *client);
 /* pagevec.c */
 extern void ceph_release_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages);
 
-extern struct page **ceph_get_direct_page_vector(const char __user *data,
+extern struct page **ceph_get_direct_page_vector(const void __user *data,
 						 int num_pages,
 						 bool write_page);
 extern void ceph_put_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages,
@@ -230,15 +230,15 @@ extern void ceph_put_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages,
 extern void ceph_release_page_vector(struct page **pages, int num_pages);
 extern struct page **ceph_alloc_page_vector(int num_pages, gfp_t flags);
 extern int ceph_copy_user_to_page_vector(struct page **pages,
-					 const char __user *data,
+					 const void __user *data,
 					 loff_t off, size_t len);
 extern int ceph_copy_to_page_vector(struct page **pages,
-				    const char *data,
+				    const void *data,
 				    loff_t off, size_t len);
 extern int ceph_copy_from_page_vector(struct page **pages,
-				    char *data,
+				    void *data,
 				    loff_t off, size_t len);
-extern int ceph_copy_page_vector_to_user(struct page **pages, char __user *data,
+extern int ceph_copy_page_vector_to_user(struct page **pages, void __user *data,
 				    loff_t off, size_t len);
 extern void ceph_zero_page_vector_range(int off, int len, struct page **pages);
 
diff --git a/net/ceph/pagevec.c b/net/ceph/pagevec.c
index cd9c21df87d172fa0c7bfe1af7ee289ab5dd0494..5b20be979c1981821b39ce1d5c2341bcc375db85 100644
--- a/net/ceph/pagevec.c
+++ b/net/ceph/pagevec.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 /*
  * build a vector of user pages
  */
-struct page **ceph_get_direct_page_vector(const char __user *data,
+struct page **ceph_get_direct_page_vector(const void __user *data,
 					  int num_pages, bool write_page)
 {
 	struct page **pages;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_alloc_page_vector);
  * copy user data into a page vector
  */
 int ceph_copy_user_to_page_vector(struct page **pages,
-					 const char __user *data,
+					 const void __user *data,
 					 loff_t off, size_t len)
 {
 	int i = 0;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int ceph_copy_user_to_page_vector(struct page **pages,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_copy_user_to_page_vector);
 
 int ceph_copy_to_page_vector(struct page **pages,
-				    const char *data,
+				    const void *data,
 				    loff_t off, size_t len)
 {
 	int i = 0;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int ceph_copy_to_page_vector(struct page **pages,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_copy_to_page_vector);
 
 int ceph_copy_from_page_vector(struct page **pages,
-				    char *data,
+				    void *data,
 				    loff_t off, size_t len)
 {
 	int i = 0;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_copy_from_page_vector);
  * copy user data from a page vector into a user pointer
  */
 int ceph_copy_page_vector_to_user(struct page **pages,
-					 char __user *data,
+					 void __user *data,
 					 loff_t off, size_t len)
 {
 	int i = 0;