diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c
index cadfb62229efa8294ad7ac2a26ccc7a56d467e41..6659bc77fe5b2ac3ceeefcea0bc8645a1aef698e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_chdev.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static long ft1000_ChIoctl (struct file *File, unsigned int Command,
             USHORT qtype;
             USHORT msgsz;
 		struct pseudo_hdr *ppseudo_hdr;
-            PUSHORT pmsg;
+            u16 *pmsg;
             USHORT total_len;
             USHORT app_index;
             u16 status;
@@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ static long ft1000_ChIoctl (struct file *File, unsigned int Command,
                         // Make sure we are within the limits of the slow queue memory limitation
                         if ( (msgsz < MAX_CMD_SQSIZE) && (msgsz > PSEUDOSZ) ) {
                             // Need to put sequence number plus new checksum for message
-                            //pmsg = (PUSHORT)&dpram_command.dpram_blk.pseudohdr;
-                            pmsg = (PUSHORT)&dpram_data->pseudohdr;
+                            //pmsg = (u16 *)&dpram_command.dpram_blk.pseudohdr;
+                            pmsg = (u16 *)&dpram_data->pseudohdr;
 				ppseudo_hdr = (struct pseudo_hdr *)pmsg;
                             total_len = msgsz+2;
                             if (total_len & 0x1) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
index 2f195c8c975256528172c89a667a14b42531f87c..c964bf7fa1ea1aaefc8562589ea089f55c92b294 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ static int ft1000_copy_up_pkt (struct urb *urb)
     //DEBUG("ft1000_copy_up_pkt: transfer_buffer_length=%d, actual_buffer_len=%d\n",
       //       urb->transfer_buffer_length, urb->actual_length);
 
-    chksum = (PUSHORT)ft1000dev->rx_buf;
+    chksum = (u16 *)ft1000dev->rx_buf;
 
     tempword = *chksum++;
     for (i=1; i<7; i++)
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ static int ft1000_dsp_prov(void *arg)
     u16 i=0;
 	struct prov_record *ptr;
 	struct pseudo_hdr *ppseudo_hdr;
-    PUSHORT pmsg;
+    u16 *pmsg;
     u16 status;
     USHORT TempShortBuf [256];
 
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ static int ft1000_dsp_prov(void *arg)
             len = htons(len);
             len += PSEUDOSZ;
 
-            pmsg = (PUSHORT)ptr->pprov_data;
+            pmsg = (u16 *)ptr->pprov_data;
 		ppseudo_hdr = (struct pseudo_hdr *)pmsg;
             // Insert slow queue sequence number
             ppseudo_hdr->seq_num = info->squeseqnum++;
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ static int ft1000_proc_drvmsg (struct ft1000_device *dev, u16 size) {
 	struct drv_msg *pdrvmsg;
     u16 i;
 	struct pseudo_hdr *ppseudo_hdr;
-    PUSHORT pmsg;
+    u16 *pmsg;
     u16 status;
     union {
         u8  byte[2];
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ static int ft1000_proc_drvmsg (struct ft1000_device *dev, u16 size) {
                 tempword = ntohs(pdrvmsg->length);
                 info->DSPInfoBlklen = tempword;
                 if (tempword < (MAX_DSP_SESS_REC-4) ) {
-                    pmsg = (PUSHORT)&pdrvmsg->data[0];
+                    pmsg = (u16 *)&pdrvmsg->data[0];
                     for (i=0; i<((tempword+1)/2); i++) {
                         DEBUG("FT1000:drivermsg:dsp info data = 0x%x\n", *pmsg);
                         info->DSPInfoBlk[i+10] = *pmsg++;
@@ -1790,10 +1790,10 @@ static int ft1000_proc_drvmsg (struct ft1000_device *dev, u16 size) {
 
                 // Put message into Slow Queue
                 // Form Pseudo header
-                pmsg = (PUSHORT)info->DSPInfoBlk;
+                pmsg = (u16 *)info->DSPInfoBlk;
                 *pmsg++ = 0;
                 *pmsg++ = htons(info->DSPInfoBlklen+20+info->DSPInfoBlklen);
-		ppseudo_hdr = (struct pseudo_hdr *)(PUSHORT)&info->DSPInfoBlk[2];
+		ppseudo_hdr = (struct pseudo_hdr *)(u16 *)&info->DSPInfoBlk[2];
                 ppseudo_hdr->length = htons(info->DSPInfoBlklen+4+info->DSPInfoBlklen);
                 ppseudo_hdr->source = 0x10;
                 ppseudo_hdr->destination = 0x20;
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ static int ft1000_proc_drvmsg (struct ft1000_device *dev, u16 size) {
               if ( (tempword & FT1000_DB_DPRAM_TX) == 0) {
                   // Put message into Slow Queue
                   // Form Pseudo header
-                  pmsg = (PUSHORT)&tempbuffer[0];
+                  pmsg = (u16 *)&tempbuffer[0];
 			ppseudo_hdr = (struct pseudo_hdr *)pmsg;
                   ppseudo_hdr->length = htons(0x0012);
                   ppseudo_hdr->source = 0x10;
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ static int ft1000_proc_drvmsg (struct ft1000_device *dev, u16 size) {
                   for (i=1; i<7; i++) {
                       ppseudo_hdr->checksum ^= *pmsg++;
                   }
-                  pmsg = (PUSHORT)&tempbuffer[16];
+                  pmsg = (u16 *)&tempbuffer[16];
                   *pmsg++ = htons(RSP_DRV_ERR_RPT_MSG);
                   *pmsg++ = htons(0x000e);
                   *pmsg++ = htons(info->DSP_TIME[0]);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.h b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.h
index c580741310140d8b2a28e63b800ee2a291a37020..a2e19d25a7b542ceabea16dec1b75bdafb2d0d29 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_hw.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "ft1000_usb.h"
 
-extern u16 ft1000_read_register(struct usb_device *dev, PUSHORT Data, u8 nRegIndx);
+extern u16 ft1000_read_register(struct usb_device *dev, u16 *Data, u8 nRegIndx);
 extern u16 ft1000_write_register(struct usb_device *dev, USHORT value, u8 nRegIndx);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.h b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.h
index 96665a783919f0ff8481011ec754784c42c25a06..7ec8845ec601ddd0caa3979a1da88fe2dc9b18b3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.h
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ struct prov_record {
 #define ULONG               u32 /* WTF ??? */
 #define BOOLEAN             u8
 #define PULONG              u32 *
-#define PUSHORT             u16 *
 #define PCHAR               u8 *
 #define UINT                u32