diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.h b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.h
index c960a8b4965538a78d92bf7c2469f9f4ffed591d..23a95f80dfdb4f3658bcdbacdefa82d95a9fd6e7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.h
@@ -16,8 +16,19 @@
 #ifndef __BESTCOMM_H__
 #define __BESTCOMM_H__
 
-struct bcom_bd; /* defined later on ... */
-
+/**
+ * struct bcom_bd - Structure describing a generic BestComm buffer descriptor
+ * @status: The current status of this buffer. Exact meaning depends on the
+ *          task type
+ * @data: An array of u32 extra data.  Size of array is task dependant.
+ *
+ * Note: Don't dereference a bcom_bd pointer as an array.  The size of the
+ *       bcom_bd is variable.  Use bcom_get_bd() instead.
+ */
+struct bcom_bd {
+	u32	status;
+	u32	data[0];	/* variable payload size */
+};
 
 /* ======================================================================== */
 /* Generic task management                                                   */
@@ -84,17 +95,6 @@ bcom_get_task_irq(struct bcom_task *tsk) {
 /* BD based tasks helpers                                                   */
 /* ======================================================================== */
 
-/**
- * struct bcom_bd - Structure describing a generic BestComm buffer descriptor
- * @status: The current status of this buffer. Exact meaning depends on the
- *          task type
- * @data: An array of u32 whose meaning depends on the task type.
- */
-struct bcom_bd {
-	u32	status;
-	u32	data[1];	/* variable, but at least 1 */
-};
-
 #define BCOM_BD_READY	0x40000000ul
 
 /** _bcom_next_index - Get next input index.
@@ -139,6 +139,19 @@ bcom_queue_full(struct bcom_task *tsk)
 	return tsk->outdex == _bcom_next_index(tsk);
 }
 
+/**
+ * bcom_get_bd - Get a BD from the queue
+ * @tsk: The BestComm task structure
+ * index: Index of the BD to fetch
+ */
+static inline struct bcom_bd
+*bcom_get_bd(struct bcom_task *tsk, unsigned int index)
+{
+	/* A cast to (void*) so the address can be incremented by the
+	 * real size instead of by sizeof(struct bcom_bd) */
+	return ((void *)tsk->bd) + (index * tsk->bd_size);
+}
+
 /**
  * bcom_buffer_done - Checks if a BestComm 
  * @tsk: The BestComm task structure
@@ -146,9 +159,12 @@ bcom_queue_full(struct bcom_task *tsk)
 static inline int
 bcom_buffer_done(struct bcom_task *tsk)
 {
+	struct bcom_bd *bd;
 	if (bcom_queue_empty(tsk))
 		return 0;
-	return !(tsk->bd[tsk->outdex].status & BCOM_BD_READY);
+
+	bd = bcom_get_bd(tsk, tsk->outdex);
+	return !(bd->status & BCOM_BD_READY);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -160,16 +176,21 @@ bcom_buffer_done(struct bcom_task *tsk)
 static inline struct bcom_bd *
 bcom_prepare_next_buffer(struct bcom_task *tsk)
 {
-	tsk->bd[tsk->index].status = 0;	/* cleanup last status */
-	return &tsk->bd[tsk->index];
+	struct bcom_bd *bd;
+
+	bd = bcom_get_bd(tsk, tsk->index);
+	bd->status = 0;	/* cleanup last status */
+	return bd;
 }
 
 static inline void
 bcom_submit_next_buffer(struct bcom_task *tsk, void *cookie)
 {
+	struct bcom_bd *bd = bcom_get_bd(tsk, tsk->index);
+
 	tsk->cookie[tsk->index] = cookie;
 	mb();	/* ensure the bd is really up-to-date */
-	tsk->bd[tsk->index].status |= BCOM_BD_READY;
+	bd->status |= BCOM_BD_READY;
 	tsk->index = _bcom_next_index(tsk);
 	if (tsk->flags & BCOM_FLAGS_ENABLE_TASK)
 		bcom_enable(tsk);
@@ -179,10 +200,12 @@ static inline void *
 bcom_retrieve_buffer(struct bcom_task *tsk, u32 *p_status, struct bcom_bd **p_bd)
 {
 	void *cookie = tsk->cookie[tsk->outdex];
+	struct bcom_bd *bd = bcom_get_bd(tsk, tsk->outdex);
+
 	if (p_status)
-		*p_status = tsk->bd[tsk->outdex].status;
+		*p_status = bd->status;
 	if (p_bd)
-		*p_bd = &tsk->bd[tsk->outdex];
+		*p_bd = bd;
 	tsk->outdex = _bcom_next_outdex(tsk);
 	return cookie;
 }