--- process.c
+++ process.c
@@ -718,12 +718,12 @@
 {
 #if defined (IA64)
 	{
-		unsigned long *bsp, *ap;
+		unsigned long bsp, *ap;
 
 		if (upeek(tcp->pid, PT_AR_BSP, (long *) &bsp) , 0)
 			return -1;
 
-		ap = ia64_rse_skip_regs(bsp, argnum);
+		ap = ia64_rse_skip_regs((unsigned long *) bsp, argnum);
 		errno = 0;
 		ptrace(PTRACE_POKEDATA, tcp->pid, (char *) ap, tcp->u_arg[argnum]);
 		if (errno)
--- syscall.c
+++ syscall.c
@@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@
 #elif defined (IA64)
 	{
 		if (!ia32) {
-			unsigned long *out0, *rbs_end, cfm, sof, sol, i;
+			unsigned long *out0, rbs_end, cfm, sof, sol, i;
 			/* be backwards compatible with kernel < 2.4.4... */
 #			ifndef PT_RBS_END
 #			  define PT_RBS_END	PT_AR_BSP
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@
 
 			sof = (cfm >> 0) & 0x7f;
 			sol = (cfm >> 7) & 0x7f;
-			out0 = ia64_rse_skip_regs(rbs_end, -sof + sol);
+			out0 = ia64_rse_skip_regs((unsigned long *)rbs_end, -sof + sol);
 
 			if (tcp->scno >= 0 && tcp->scno < nsyscalls
 			    && sysent[tcp->scno].nargs != -1)
--- util.c
+++ util.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@
 static int
 arg_setup(struct tcb *tcp, arg_setup_state *state)
 {
-	unsigned long *bsp, cfm, sof, sol;
+	unsigned long bsp, cfm, sof, sol;
 
 	if (ia32)
 		return 0;
@@ -1184,9 +1184,8 @@
 
 	sof = (cfm >> 0) & 0x7f;
 	sol = (cfm >> 7) & 0x7f;
-	bsp = ia64_rse_skip_regs(bsp, -sof + sol);
+	*state = ia64_rse_skip_regs((unsigned long *) bsp, -sof + sol);
 
-	*state = bsp;
 	return 0;
 }