diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/fec.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/fec.c
index f2a2c3a7369e03739e79befffe80d5d0d3f68b28..984539dbdf1051a600648d2fbc26493fe4018fb4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/fec.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/fec.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ typedef volatile struct CommonBufferDescriptor {
 
 static RTXBD *rtx = NULL;
 
-static int fec_send(struct eth_device* dev, volatile void *packet, int length);
+static int fec_send(struct eth_device *dev, void *packet, int length);
 static int fec_recv(struct eth_device* dev);
 static int fec_init(struct eth_device* dev, bd_t * bd);
 static void fec_halt(struct eth_device* dev);
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int fec_initialize(bd_t *bis)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int fec_send(struct eth_device* dev, volatile void *packet, int length)
+static int fec_send(struct eth_device *dev, void *packet, int length)
 {
 	int j, rc;
 	struct ether_fcc_info_s *efis = dev->priv;
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int fec_recv (struct eth_device *dev)
 				rtx->rxbd[rxIdx].cbd_sc);
 #endif
 		} else {
-			volatile uchar *rx = NetRxPackets[rxIdx];
+			uchar *rx = NetRxPackets[rxIdx];
 
 			length -= 4;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/scc.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/scc.c
index e376c64d52706b74645a462c00b7e05ff82057d1..2c93e24f3c769ff46f7d00433c990b664f8ff9e7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/scc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/scc.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ typedef volatile struct CommonBufferDescriptor {
 
 static RTXBD *rtx;
 
-static int scc_send(struct eth_device* dev, volatile void *packet, int length);
+static int scc_send(struct eth_device *dev, void *packet, int length);
 static int scc_recv(struct eth_device* dev);
 static int scc_init (struct eth_device* dev, bd_t * bd);
 static void scc_halt(struct eth_device* dev);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int scc_initialize(bd_t *bis)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int scc_send(struct eth_device* dev, volatile void *packet, int length)
+static int scc_send(struct eth_device *dev, void *packet, int length)
 {
 	int i, j=0;
 #if 0