diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
index 45a8685bb60bb5e21e638cd6c0b6df95586606f2..0b29d41322a2620c50a0bdc98fa1ec314d397ac9 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 /* FSEC = 10^-15 NSEC = 10^-9 */
 #define FSEC_PER_NSEC	1000000
 
-static void *hpet_ptr;
+static void __iomem *hpet_ptr;
 
 static cycle_t read_hpet(void)
 {
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ static int __init init_hpet_clocksource(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* calculate the hpet address: */
-	hpet_base =
-		(void __iomem*)ioremap_nocache(hpet_address, HPET_MMAP_SIZE);
+	hpet_base = ioremap_nocache(hpet_address, HPET_MMAP_SIZE);
 	hpet_ptr = hpet_base + HPET_COUNTER;
 
 	/* calculate the frequency: */