diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
index a24b09c27718b0f5ece5ae90ecc3ad0e059d49ed..b975b5b0e3d53dccf026e7959da2674f0fdc55b3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
@@ -294,19 +294,19 @@ static unsigned long htab_base, kernel_end;
 static struct property htab_base_prop = {
 	.name = "linux,htab-base",
 	.length = sizeof(unsigned long),
-	.value = (unsigned char *)&htab_base,
+	.value = &htab_base,
 };
 
 static struct property htab_size_prop = {
 	.name = "linux,htab-size",
 	.length = sizeof(unsigned long),
-	.value = (unsigned char *)&htab_size_bytes,
+	.value = &htab_size_bytes,
 };
 
 static struct property kernel_end_prop = {
 	.name = "linux,kernel-end",
 	.length = sizeof(unsigned long),
-	.value = (unsigned char *)&kernel_end,
+	.value = &kernel_end,
 };
 
 static void __init export_htab_values(void)
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static void __init export_htab_values(void)
 static struct property crashk_base_prop = {
 	.name = "linux,crashkernel-base",
 	.length = sizeof(unsigned long),
-	.value = (unsigned char *)&crashk_res.start,
+	.value = &crashk_res.start,
 };
 
 static unsigned long crashk_size;
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static unsigned long crashk_size;
 static struct property crashk_size_prop = {
 	.name = "linux,crashkernel-size",
 	.length = sizeof(unsigned long),
-	.value = (unsigned char *)&crashk_size,
+	.value = &crashk_size,
 };
 
 static void __init export_crashk_values(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c
index ecc76581930562a684e0c639b3b0132f8bfda037..e99ffe2140bf4dee5da6b01ba48d02b528d480df 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ pci_create_OF_bus_map(void)
 		memset(of_prop, -1, sizeof(struct property) + 256);
 		of_prop->name = "pci-OF-bus-map";
 		of_prop->length = 256;
-		of_prop->value = (unsigned char *)&of_prop[1];
+		of_prop->value = &of_prop[1];
 		prom_add_property(find_path_device("/"), of_prop);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 2890ce3d6641c89b76583ebe26c04d0ad9313883..ec6921c54a0720167f8f8c583b560a94a06b44c8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -390,12 +390,13 @@ static unsigned long __init unflatten_dt_node(unsigned long mem,
 		if (allnextpp) {
 			pp->name = "name";
 			pp->length = sz;
-			pp->value = (unsigned char *)(pp + 1);
+			pp->value = pp + 1;
 			*prev_pp = pp;
 			prev_pp = &pp->next;
 			memcpy(pp->value, ps, sz - 1);
 			((char *)pp->value)[sz - 1] = 0;
-			DBG("fixed up name for %s -> %s\n", pathp, pp->value);
+			DBG("fixed up name for %s -> %s\n", pathp,
+				(char *)pp->value);
 		}
 	}
 	if (allnextpp) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/pci.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/pci.c
index 73c59904697fa00eb1325aa61daa46950f549628..ab5a6f12e1f0a9a043ca80cdd5bd0155149e680b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/pci.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void __init fixup_bus_range(struct device_node *bridge)
 			       bridge->full_name);
 		return;
 	}
-	bus_range = (int *)prop->value;
+	bus_range = prop->value;
 	bus_range[1] = fixup_one_level_bus_range(bridge->child, bus_range[1]);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pci.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pci.c
index 6fbac308ded649ffcee13fbdacfe2ea04e55959e..431a685a15dd53e2ae3f3fc6cd8f95fec6d7d1b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pci.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void __init fixup_bus_range(struct device_node *bridge)
 	if (prop == NULL || prop->length < 2 * sizeof(int))
 		return;
 
-	bus_range = (int *)prop->value;
+	bus_range = prop->value;
 	bus_range[1] = fixup_one_level_bus_range(bridge->child, bus_range[1]);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pfunc_core.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pfunc_core.c
index 7651f278615a307dd701fe900a6bcc6b5fbf67bc..a128553b8413c88be9749d23e1cc09d73e07a74f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pfunc_core.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pfunc_core.c
@@ -692,8 +692,7 @@ static int pmf_add_functions(struct pmf_device *dev, void *driverdata)
 		name = pp->name + plen;
 		if (strlen(name) && pp->length >= 12)
 			count += pmf_add_function_prop(dev, driverdata, name,
-						       (u32 *)pp->value,
-						       pp->length);
+						       pp->value, pp->length);
 	}
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/smu.c b/drivers/macintosh/smu.c
index 3096836d8bd3309e35b459d2684b6688838ff58e..45bb3c1dfeb12fd9b58a337fff8bbcef22c9b4aa 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/smu.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/smu.c
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static struct smu_sdbp_header *smu_create_sdb_partition(int id)
 	prop->name = ((char *)prop) + tlen - 18;
 	sprintf(prop->name, "sdb-partition-%02x", id);
 	prop->length = len;
-	prop->value = (unsigned char *)hdr;
+	prop->value = hdr;
 	prop->next = NULL;
 
 	/* Read the datablock */
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c b/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
index abdf068bc27f4cb9b7699d4a6b478725aa25c180..eca471bc85125626d32c011a820fd828f3124837 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int property_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 		n = count;
 	else
 		*eof = 1;
-	memcpy(page, pp->value + off, n);
+	memcpy(page, (char *)pp->value + off, n);
 	*start = page;
 	return n;
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/prom.h b/include/asm-powerpc/prom.h
index fb068f2eca4ad40aa46770f6a915a00b6540587f..e73a2b482a15cd55c2c726b4c503b7fbb0234dd1 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/prom.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/prom.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ typedef u32 ihandle;
 struct property {
 	char	*name;
 	int	length;
-	unsigned char *value;
+	void	*value;
 	struct property *next;
 };