diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
index 3aad4cb5c2631..79c18e95dd293 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,8 @@ static void arm_smmu_write_cd_l1_desc(__le64 *dst,
 	WRITE_ONCE(*dst, cpu_to_le64(val));
 }
 
-static __le64 *arm_smmu_get_cd_ptr(struct arm_smmu_master *master, u32 ssid)
+static struct arm_smmu_cd *arm_smmu_get_cd_ptr(struct arm_smmu_master *master,
+					       u32 ssid)
 {
 	__le64 *l1ptr;
 	unsigned int idx;
@@ -1218,7 +1219,8 @@ static __le64 *arm_smmu_get_cd_ptr(struct arm_smmu_master *master, u32 ssid)
 	struct arm_smmu_ctx_desc_cfg *cd_table = &master->cd_table;
 
 	if (cd_table->s1fmt == STRTAB_STE_0_S1FMT_LINEAR)
-		return cd_table->cdtab + ssid * CTXDESC_CD_DWORDS;
+		return (struct arm_smmu_cd *)(cd_table->cdtab +
+					      ssid * CTXDESC_CD_DWORDS);
 
 	idx = ssid >> CTXDESC_SPLIT;
 	l1_desc = &cd_table->l1_desc[idx];
@@ -1232,7 +1234,7 @@ static __le64 *arm_smmu_get_cd_ptr(struct arm_smmu_master *master, u32 ssid)
 		arm_smmu_sync_cd(master, ssid, false);
 	}
 	idx = ssid & (CTXDESC_L2_ENTRIES - 1);
-	return l1_desc->l2ptr + idx * CTXDESC_CD_DWORDS;
+	return &l1_desc->l2ptr[idx];
 }
 
 int arm_smmu_write_ctx_desc(struct arm_smmu_master *master, int ssid,
@@ -1251,7 +1253,7 @@ int arm_smmu_write_ctx_desc(struct arm_smmu_master *master, int ssid,
 	 */
 	u64 val;
 	bool cd_live;
-	__le64 *cdptr;
+	struct arm_smmu_cd *cdptr;
 	struct arm_smmu_ctx_desc_cfg *cd_table = &master->cd_table;
 	struct arm_smmu_device *smmu = master->smmu;
 
@@ -1262,7 +1264,7 @@ int arm_smmu_write_ctx_desc(struct arm_smmu_master *master, int ssid,
 	if (!cdptr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	val = le64_to_cpu(cdptr[0]);
+	val = le64_to_cpu(cdptr->data[0]);
 	cd_live = !!(val & CTXDESC_CD_0_V);
 
 	if (!cd) { /* (5) */
@@ -1279,9 +1281,9 @@ int arm_smmu_write_ctx_desc(struct arm_smmu_master *master, int ssid,
 		 * this substream's traffic
 		 */
 	} else { /* (1) and (2) */
-		cdptr[1] = cpu_to_le64(cd->ttbr & CTXDESC_CD_1_TTB0_MASK);
-		cdptr[2] = 0;
-		cdptr[3] = cpu_to_le64(cd->mair);
+		cdptr->data[1] = cpu_to_le64(cd->ttbr & CTXDESC_CD_1_TTB0_MASK);
+		cdptr->data[2] = 0;
+		cdptr->data[3] = cpu_to_le64(cd->mair);
 
 		/*
 		 * STE may be live, and the SMMU might read dwords of this CD in any
@@ -1313,7 +1315,7 @@ int arm_smmu_write_ctx_desc(struct arm_smmu_master *master, int ssid,
 	 *   field within an aligned 64-bit span of a structure can be altered
 	 *   without first making the structure invalid.
 	 */
-	WRITE_ONCE(cdptr[0], cpu_to_le64(val));
+	WRITE_ONCE(cdptr->data[0], cpu_to_le64(val));
 	arm_smmu_sync_cd(master, ssid, true);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h
index 2a19bb63e5c6d..4b767e0eeeb68 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ struct arm_smmu_ste {
 #define CTXDESC_L1_DESC_L2PTR_MASK	GENMASK_ULL(51, 12)
 
 #define CTXDESC_CD_DWORDS		8
+
+struct arm_smmu_cd {
+	__le64 data[CTXDESC_CD_DWORDS];
+};
+
 #define CTXDESC_CD_0_TCR_T0SZ		GENMASK_ULL(5, 0)
 #define CTXDESC_CD_0_TCR_TG0		GENMASK_ULL(7, 6)
 #define CTXDESC_CD_0_TCR_IRGN0		GENMASK_ULL(9, 8)
@@ -592,7 +597,7 @@ struct arm_smmu_ctx_desc {
 };
 
 struct arm_smmu_l1_ctx_desc {
-	__le64				*l2ptr;
+	struct arm_smmu_cd		*l2ptr;
 	dma_addr_t			l2ptr_dma;
 };