1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index a124499e65d9..7a3c3f791ade 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -860,19 +860,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_settimeofday);
 static int __init get_freq(char *name, int cells, unsigned long *val)
 {
         struct device_node *cpu;
-        unsigned int *fp;
+        const unsigned int *fp;
         int found = 0;
 
         /* The cpu node should have timebase and clock frequency properties */
         cpu = of_find_node_by_type(NULL, "cpu");
 
         if (cpu) {
-                fp = (unsigned int *)get_property(cpu, name, NULL);
+                fp = get_property(cpu, name, NULL);
                 if (fp) {
                         found = 1;
-                        *val = 0;
-                        while (cells--)
-                                *val = (*val << 32) | *fp++;
+                        *val = of_read_ulong(fp, cells);
                 }
 
                 of_node_put(cpu);