diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/i810_dma.c b/drivers/char/drm/i810_dma.c
index 28ee6e3f1d99d3a55c60ed0686e9b3f82a7920cb..fa2de70f7401aded1c300fec6ba4799075348562 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/i810_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/i810_dma.c
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ static int i810_map_buffer(drm_buf_t * buf, struct file *filp)
 					    MAP_SHARED, buf->bus_address);
 	dev_priv->mmap_buffer = NULL;
 	filp->f_op = old_fops;
-	if ((unsigned long)buf_priv->virtual > -1024UL) {
+	if (IS_ERR(buf_priv->virtual)) {
 		/* Real error */
 		DRM_ERROR("mmap error\n");
-		retcode = (signed int)buf_priv->virtual;
+		retcode = PTR_ERR(buf_priv->virtual);
 		buf_priv->virtual = NULL;
 	}
 	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static void i810_dma_dispatch_vertex(drm_device_t * dev,
 		    ((GFX_OP_PRIMITIVE | prim | ((used / 4) - 2)));
 
 		if (used & 4) {
-			*(u32 *) ((u32) buf_priv->kernel_virtual + used) = 0;
+			*(u32 *) ((char *) buf_priv->kernel_virtual + used) = 0;
 			used += 4;
 		}
 
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ static void i810_dma_dispatch_mc(drm_device_t * dev, drm_buf_t * buf, int used,
 
 	if (buf_priv->currently_mapped == I810_BUF_MAPPED) {
 		if (used & 4) {
-			*(u32 *) ((u32) buf_priv->virtual + used) = 0;
+			*(u32 *) ((char *) buf_priv->virtual + used) = 0;
 			used += 4;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/i830_dma.c b/drivers/char/drm/i830_dma.c
index 2cf3cc59ac64ede6928f8038e1bb80831b33a021..4f0e5746ab3382f30ff16e393aabca4f973e025d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/i830_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/i830_dma.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int i830_map_buffer(drm_buf_t * buf, struct file *filp)
 	if (IS_ERR((void *)virtual)) {	/* ugh */
 		/* Real error */
 		DRM_ERROR("mmap error\n");
-		retcode = virtual;
+		retcode = PTR_ERR((void *)virtual);
 		buf_priv->virtual = NULL;
 	} else {
 		buf_priv->virtual = (void __user *)virtual;