diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_cache.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_cache.c
index bb8f58012189af7651c20c2d9b1da1ed390ebcfd..4bfad5f5a84385ff7301c5dbceed82cabdc08313 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_cache.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_cache.c
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ drm_clflush_sg(struct sg_table *st)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_clflush_sg);
 
 void
-drm_clflush_virt_range(char *addr, unsigned long length)
+drm_clflush_virt_range(void *addr, unsigned long length)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86)
 	if (cpu_has_clflush) {
-		char *end = addr + length;
+		void *end = addr + length;
 		mb();
 		for (; addr < end; addr += boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size)
 			clflush(addr);
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index daac00a93126c87d5787bfe59f7b61f6a95639cc..150780bdd66ba7222ec69372d6d91a54ecf6d8cc 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ extern int drm_remove_magic(struct drm_master *master, drm_magic_t magic);
 /* Cache management (drm_cache.c) */
 void drm_clflush_pages(struct page *pages[], unsigned long num_pages);
 void drm_clflush_sg(struct sg_table *st);
-void drm_clflush_virt_range(char *addr, unsigned long length);
+void drm_clflush_virt_range(void *addr, unsigned long length);
 
 				/* Locking IOCTL support (drm_lock.h) */
 extern int drm_lock(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,