diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc.h b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc.h
index a5bd658c2e83b13a5d9dee5805a71eb191750e21..275b78896a73622362b6b53b5776db6fe20245d5 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
  * for more details.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -514,7 +514,8 @@ struct xpc_channel_uv {
 						/* partition's notify mq */
 
 	struct xpc_send_msg_slot_uv *send_msg_slots;
-	struct xpc_notify_mq_msg_uv *recv_msg_slots;
+	void *recv_msg_slots;	/* each slot will hold a xpc_notify_mq_msg_uv */
+				/* structure plus the user's payload */
 
 	struct xpc_fifo_head_uv msg_slot_free_list;
 	struct xpc_fifo_head_uv recv_msg_list;	/* deliverable payloads */
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
index f17f7d40ea2c686789e3a80f7da975499a5c05c8..29c0502a96b26fd9e9436d65f133136ccfce5410 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_uv.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
  * for more details.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2008 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -1010,8 +1010,8 @@ xpc_allocate_recv_msg_slot_uv(struct xpc_channel *ch)
 			continue;
 
 		for (entry = 0; entry < nentries; entry++) {
-			msg_slot = ch_uv->recv_msg_slots + entry *
-			    ch->entry_size;
+			msg_slot = ch_uv->recv_msg_slots +
+			    entry * ch->entry_size;
 
 			msg_slot->hdr.msg_slot_number = entry;
 		}
@@ -1308,9 +1308,8 @@ xpc_handle_notify_mq_msg_uv(struct xpc_partition *part,
 	/* we're dealing with a normal message sent via the notify_mq */
 	ch_uv = &ch->sn.uv;
 
-	msg_slot = (struct xpc_notify_mq_msg_uv *)((u64)ch_uv->recv_msg_slots +
-		    (msg->hdr.msg_slot_number % ch->remote_nentries) *
-		    ch->entry_size);
+	msg_slot = ch_uv->recv_msg_slots +
+	    (msg->hdr.msg_slot_number % ch->remote_nentries) * ch->entry_size;
 
 	BUG_ON(msg->hdr.msg_slot_number != msg_slot->hdr.msg_slot_number);
 	BUG_ON(msg_slot->hdr.size != 0);