diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c
index 459b319a9fad..49d3208793e5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/mailbox.c
@@ -322,15 +322,18 @@ static void omap_mbox_fini(struct omap_mbox *mbox)
 
 struct omap_mbox *omap_mbox_get(const char *name, struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
-	struct omap_mbox *mbox;
-	int ret;
+	struct omap_mbox *_mbox, *mbox = NULL;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	if (!mboxes)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	for (mbox = *mboxes; mbox; mbox++)
-		if (!strcmp(mbox->name, name))
+	for (i = 0; (_mbox = mboxes[i]); i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(_mbox->name, name)) {
+			mbox = _mbox;
 			break;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (!mbox)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);