diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pgtable.h
index f06ae00f2a65..34ce50da1850 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nohash/32/pgtable.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int number_of_cells_per_pte(pmd_t *pmd, pte_basic_t val, int huge)
 static inline pte_basic_t pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *p,
 				     unsigned long clr, unsigned long set, int huge)
 {
-	pte_basic_t *entry = &p->pte;
+	pte_basic_t *entry = (pte_basic_t *)p;
 	pte_basic_t old = pte_val(*p);
 	pte_basic_t new = (old & ~(pte_basic_t)clr) | set;
 	int num, i;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-types.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-types.h
index d11b4c61d686..efed0db7b1db 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-types.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-types.h
@@ -2,17 +2,33 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_PGTABLE_TYPES_H
 #define _ASM_POWERPC_PGTABLE_TYPES_H
 
+#if defined(__CHECKER__) || !defined(CONFIG_PPC32)
+#define STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS
+#endif
+
 /* PTE level */
 #if defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx) && defined(CONFIG_PPC_16K_PAGES)
 typedef struct { pte_basic_t pte, pte1, pte2, pte3; } pte_t;
-#else
+#elif defined(STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS)
 typedef struct { pte_basic_t pte; } pte_t;
+#else
+typedef pte_basic_t pte_t;
 #endif
+
+#if defined(STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS) || \
+    (defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx) && defined(CONFIG_PPC_16K_PAGES))
 #define __pte(x)	((pte_t) { (x) })
 static inline pte_basic_t pte_val(pte_t x)
 {
 	return x.pte;
 }
+#else
+#define __pte(x)	((pte_t)(x))
+static inline pte_basic_t pte_val(pte_t x)
+{
+	return x;
+}
+#endif
 
 /* PMD level */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
index cd16b407f47e..ce9482383144 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void set_huge_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, pte_
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd = pmd_off(mm, addr);
 	pte_basic_t val;
-	pte_basic_t *entry = &ptep->pte;
+	pte_basic_t *entry = (pte_basic_t *)ptep;
 	int num, i;
 
 	/*