diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.h
index 944f4830c4a1..7057760cb55c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.h
@@ -343,30 +343,30 @@ static void sonic_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev);
    as far as we can tell. */
 /* OpenBSD calls this "SWO".  I'd like to think that sonic_buf_put()
    is a much better name. */
-static inline void sonic_buf_put(void* base, int bitmode,
+static inline void sonic_buf_put(u16 *base, int bitmode,
 				 int offset, __u16 val)
 {
 	if (bitmode)
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
-		((__u16 *) base + (offset*2))[1] = val;
+		__raw_writew(val, base + (offset * 2) + 1);
 #else
-		((__u16 *) base + (offset*2))[0] = val;
+		__raw_writew(val, base + (offset * 2) + 0);
 #endif
 	else
-	 	((__u16 *) base)[offset] = val;
+		__raw_writew(val, base + (offset * 1) + 0);
 }
 
-static inline __u16 sonic_buf_get(void* base, int bitmode,
+static inline __u16 sonic_buf_get(u16 *base, int bitmode,
 				  int offset)
 {
 	if (bitmode)
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
-		return ((volatile __u16 *) base + (offset*2))[1];
+		return __raw_readw(base + (offset * 2) + 1);
 #else
-		return ((volatile __u16 *) base + (offset*2))[0];
+		return __raw_readw(base + (offset * 2) + 0);
 #endif
 	else
-		return ((volatile __u16 *) base)[offset];
+		return __raw_readw(base + (offset * 1) + 0);
 }
 
 /* Inlines that you should actually use for reading/writing DMA buffers */