diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
index 288423f7b7b1b9b82b1a3419f1c7f5cb48e4b149..39f46a0cf34e8d26e76320e51b94576244d66f89 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
@@ -263,11 +263,10 @@ static void omap_read_buf_pref(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *buf, int len)
 	if (ret) {
 		/* PFPW engine is busy, use cpu copy method */
 		if (info->nand.options & NAND_BUSWIDTH_16)
-			omap_read_buf16(mtd, buf, len);
+			omap_read_buf16(mtd, (u_char *)p, len);
 		else
-			omap_read_buf8(mtd, buf, len);
+			omap_read_buf8(mtd, (u_char *)p, len);
 	} else {
-		p = (u32 *) buf;
 		do {
 			r_count = gpmc_read_status(GPMC_PREFETCH_FIFO_CNT);
 			r_count = r_count >> 2;
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ static void omap_write_buf_pref(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 						struct omap_nand_info, mtd);
 	uint32_t w_count = 0;
 	int i = 0, ret = 0;
-	u16 *p;
+	u16 *p = (u16 *)buf;
 	unsigned long tim, limit;
 
 	/* take care of subpage writes */
@@ -309,11 +308,10 @@ static void omap_write_buf_pref(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	if (ret) {
 		/* PFPW engine is busy, use cpu copy method */
 		if (info->nand.options & NAND_BUSWIDTH_16)
-			omap_write_buf16(mtd, buf, len);
+			omap_write_buf16(mtd, (u_char *)p, len);
 		else
-			omap_write_buf8(mtd, buf, len);
+			omap_write_buf8(mtd, (u_char *)p, len);
 	} else {
-		p = (u16 *) buf;
 		while (len) {
 			w_count = gpmc_read_status(GPMC_PREFETCH_FIFO_CNT);
 			w_count = w_count >> 1;