diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/idle.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/idle.c
index ff8a7db142d3ecce21bdcd54d4c5602e9e89faa2..bdf13b4dc1c832972733e907b6e68ab83704ff01 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/idle.c
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ static int (*idle_loop)(void);
 static unsigned long maxYieldTime = 0;
 static unsigned long minYieldTime = 0xffffffffffffffffUL;
 
+static inline void process_iSeries_events(void)
+{
+	asm volatile ("li 0,0x5555; sc" : : : "r0", "r3");
+}
+
 static void yield_shared_processor(void)
 {
 	unsigned long tb;
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc64/iSeries/ItLpQueue.h b/include/asm-ppc64/iSeries/ItLpQueue.h
index b2bdef4295917eb45822b3e83a36fe74a15f1d15..393299e04d7fcf713915815d74fcba66888f09f0 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc64/iSeries/ItLpQueue.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc64/iSeries/ItLpQueue.h
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ struct ItLpQueue {
 	u8	xPlicStatus;		// 0x01 DedicatedIo or DedicatedLp or NotUsed
 	u16	xSlicLogicalProcIndex;	// 0x02 Logical Proc Index for correlation
 	u8	xPlicRsvd[12];		// 0x04
-	char*	xSlicCurEventPtr;	// 0x10
-	char*	xSlicLastValidEventPtr;	// 0x18
-	char*	xSlicEventStackPtr;	// 0x20
+	char	*xSlicCurEventPtr;	// 0x10
+	char	*xSlicLastValidEventPtr; // 0x18
+	char	*xSlicEventStackPtr;	// 0x20
 	u8	xIndex;			// 0x28 unique sequential index.
 	u8	xSlicRsvd[3];		// 0x29-2b
 	u32	xInUseWord;		// 0x2C
@@ -76,17 +76,9 @@ struct ItLpQueue {
 
 extern struct ItLpQueue xItLpQueue;
 
-extern struct HvLpEvent * ItLpQueue_getNextLpEvent(struct ItLpQueue *);
+extern struct HvLpEvent *ItLpQueue_getNextLpEvent(struct ItLpQueue *);
 extern int ItLpQueue_isLpIntPending(struct ItLpQueue *);
 extern unsigned ItLpQueue_process(struct ItLpQueue *, struct pt_regs *);
 extern void ItLpQueue_clearValid(struct HvLpEvent *);
 
-static __inline__ void process_iSeries_events(void)
-{
-	__asm__ __volatile__ (
-	"	li	0,0x5555	\n\
-		sc"
-	: : : "r0", "r3");
-}
-
 #endif /* _ITLPQUEUE_H */