u32 size_bytes)
 {
        u32 i = 0;
-       const u32 *ptr = (__force u32 *) mem_addr_start;
+       const u32 __iomem *ptr = mem_addr_start;
        u16 *buf16;
 
        if (unlikely(!ptr || !buf))
        switch (size_bytes) {
        case 2: /* 2 bytes */
                buf16 = (u16 *) buf;
-               *buf16 = __le16_to_cpu(readw((void __iomem *)ptr));
+               *buf16 = __le16_to_cpu(readw(ptr));
                goto out;
                break;
        case 4: /* 4 bytes */
-               *(buf) = __le32_to_cpu(readl((void __iomem *)ptr));
+               *(buf) = __le32_to_cpu(readl(ptr));
                goto out;
                break;
        }
                if (size_bytes - i == 2) {
                        /* Handle 2 bytes in the end */
                        buf16 = (u16 *) buf;
-                       *(buf16) = __le16_to_cpu(readw((void __iomem *)ptr));
+                       *(buf16) = __le16_to_cpu(readw(ptr));
                        i += 2;
                } else {
                        /* Read 4 bytes */
-                       *(buf) = __le32_to_cpu(readl((void __iomem *)ptr));
+                       *(buf) = __le32_to_cpu(readl(ptr));
                        i += 4;
                }
                buf++;
                        u32 size_bytes)
 {
        u32 i = 0;
-       u32 *ptr = (__force u32 *) mem_addr_start;
+       u32 __iomem *ptr = mem_addr_start;
        const u16 *buf16;
 
        if (unlikely(!ptr || !buf))
        switch (size_bytes) {
        case 2: /* 2 bytes */
                buf16 = (const u16 *)buf;
-               writew(__cpu_to_le16(*buf16), (void __iomem *)ptr);
+               writew(__cpu_to_le16(*buf16), ptr);
                return 2;
                break;
        case 1: /*
                 * so falling through..
                 */
        case 4: /* 4 bytes */
-               writel(__cpu_to_le32(*buf), (void __iomem *)ptr);
+               writel(__cpu_to_le32(*buf), ptr);
                return 4;
                break;
        }
                if (size_bytes - i == 2) {
                        /* 2 bytes */
                        buf16 = (const u16 *)buf;
-                       writew(__cpu_to_le16(*buf16), (void __iomem *)ptr);
+                       writew(__cpu_to_le16(*buf16), ptr);
                        i += 2;
                } else {
                        /* 4 bytes */
-                       writel(__cpu_to_le32(*buf), (void __iomem *)ptr);
+                       writel(__cpu_to_le32(*buf), ptr);
                        i += 4;
                }
                buf++;