diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/rpa_vscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/rpa_vscsi.c
index 242b8873b33363c26692db97cc36218d5aed378e..cafef9cbbe2eb276008cadb036096939de415ac0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/rpa_vscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/rpa_vscsi.c
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ static void gather_partition_info(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *rootdn;
 
-	char *ppartition_name;
-	unsigned int *p_number_ptr;
+	const char *ppartition_name;
+	const unsigned int *p_number_ptr;
 
 	/* Retrieve information about this partition */
 	rootdn = find_path_device("/");
@@ -165,14 +165,11 @@ static void gather_partition_info(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ppartition_name =
-		get_property(rootdn, "ibm,partition-name", NULL);
+	ppartition_name = get_property(rootdn, "ibm,partition-name", NULL);
 	if (ppartition_name)
 		strncpy(partition_name, ppartition_name,
 				sizeof(partition_name));
-	p_number_ptr =
-		(unsigned int *)get_property(rootdn, "ibm,partition-no",
-					     NULL);
+	p_number_ptr = get_property(rootdn, "ibm,partition-no", NULL);
 	if (p_number_ptr)
 		partition_number = *p_number_ptr;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mac53c94.c b/drivers/scsi/mac53c94.c
index 93edaa8696cf35e0b54a72dc3cfd266931e2c18b..c77f6f2581f72923ba0367b45eefb2b3b16c748f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mac53c94.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mac53c94.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int mac53c94_probe(struct macio_dev *mdev, const struct of_device_id *mat
 	struct fsc_state *state;
 	struct Scsi_Host *host;
 	void *dma_cmd_space;
-	unsigned char *clkprop;
+	const unsigned char *clkprop;
 	int proplen, rc = -ENODEV;
 
 	if (macio_resource_count(mdev) != 2 || macio_irq_count(mdev) != 2) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mesh.c b/drivers/scsi/mesh.c
index c88717727be8ed58e9cbf23a2b1c376a2819ac09..cee9758b9278a8230cc842aaf0d68aca1c598db7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mesh.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mesh.c
@@ -1850,7 +1850,8 @@ static int mesh_probe(struct macio_dev *mdev, const struct of_device_id *match)
 {
 	struct device_node *mesh = macio_get_of_node(mdev);
 	struct pci_dev* pdev = macio_get_pci_dev(mdev);
-	int tgt, *cfp, minper;
+	int tgt, minper;
+	const int *cfp;
 	struct mesh_state *ms;
 	struct Scsi_Host *mesh_host;
 	void *dma_cmd_space;
@@ -1939,7 +1940,7 @@ static int mesh_probe(struct macio_dev *mdev, const struct of_device_id *match)
 	       	ms->tgts[tgt].current_req = NULL;
        	}
 
-	if ((cfp = (int *) get_property(mesh, "clock-frequency", NULL)))
+	if ((cfp = get_property(mesh, "clock-frequency", NULL)))
        		ms->clk_freq = *cfp;
 	else {
        		printk(KERN_INFO "mesh: assuming 50MHz clock frequency\n");