diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
index d88573bdd0907c6682cf03395bc296155cea9124..b94887165a101557c97fd6a53139ae7df67dbbd9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_driver.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static void *eeh_pe_detach_dev(void *data, void *userdata)
 static void *__eeh_clear_pe_frozen_state(void *data, void *flag)
 {
 	struct eeh_pe *pe = (struct eeh_pe *)data;
-	bool *clear_sw_state = flag;
+	bool clear_sw_state = *(bool *)flag;
 	int i, rc = 1;
 
 	for (i = 0; rc && i < 3; i++)