diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index c55459c..b3518ca 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -184,14 +184,14 @@
 		if (u_tmp->rx_buf) {
 			k_tmp->rx_buf = buf;
 			if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, (u8 __user *)
-						(ptrdiff_t) u_tmp->rx_buf,
+						(uintptr_t) u_tmp->rx_buf,
 						u_tmp->len))
 				goto done;
 		}
 		if (u_tmp->tx_buf) {
 			k_tmp->tx_buf = buf;
 			if (copy_from_user(buf, (const u8 __user *)
-						(ptrdiff_t) u_tmp->tx_buf,
+						(uintptr_t) u_tmp->tx_buf,
 					u_tmp->len))
 				goto done;
 		}
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 	for (n = n_xfers, u_tmp = u_xfers; n; n--, u_tmp++) {
 		if (u_tmp->rx_buf) {
 			if (__copy_to_user((u8 __user *)
-					(ptrdiff_t) u_tmp->rx_buf, buf,
+					(uintptr_t) u_tmp->rx_buf, buf,
 					u_tmp->len)) {
 				status = -EFAULT;
 				goto done;