diff --git a/include/sysemu/dma.h b/include/sysemu/dma.h
index 97ff6f29f8c..0d5b836013d 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/dma.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/dma.h
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ BlockAIOCB *dma_blk_read(BlockBackend *blk,
 BlockAIOCB *dma_blk_write(BlockBackend *blk,
                           QEMUSGList *sg, uint64_t offset, uint32_t align,
                           BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
-uint64_t dma_buf_read(uint8_t *ptr, int32_t len, QEMUSGList *sg);
-uint64_t dma_buf_write(uint8_t *ptr, int32_t len, QEMUSGList *sg);
+uint64_t dma_buf_read(void *ptr, int32_t len, QEMUSGList *sg);
+uint64_t dma_buf_write(void *ptr, int32_t len, QEMUSGList *sg);
 
 void dma_acct_start(BlockBackend *blk, BlockAcctCookie *cookie,
                     QEMUSGList *sg, enum BlockAcctType type);
diff --git a/hw/scsi/megasas.c b/hw/scsi/megasas.c
index 8f357841004..dc28302f96d 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/megasas.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/megasas.c
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ static int megasas_ctrl_get_info(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
                                        MFI_INFO_PDMIX_SATA |
                                        MFI_INFO_PDMIX_LD);
 
-    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
+    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read(&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
 
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ static int megasas_mfc_get_defaults(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
     info.disable_preboot_cli = 1;
     info.cluster_disable = 1;
 
-    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
+    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read(&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
 
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static int megasas_dcmd_get_bios_info(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
         info.expose_all_drives = 1;
     }
 
-    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
+    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read(&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
 
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static int megasas_dcmd_get_fw_time(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
 
     fw_time = cpu_to_le64(megasas_fw_time());
 
-    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)&fw_time, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
+    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read(&fw_time, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
 
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ static int megasas_event_info(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
     info.shutdown_seq_num = cpu_to_le32(s->shutdown_event);
     info.boot_seq_num = cpu_to_le32(s->boot_event);
 
-    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
+    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read(&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
 
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ static int megasas_dcmd_pd_get_list(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
     info.size = cpu_to_le32(offset);
     info.count = cpu_to_le32(num_pd_disks);
 
-    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)&info, offset, &cmd->qsg);
+    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read(&info, offset, &cmd->qsg);
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
 
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ static int megasas_dcmd_ld_get_list(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
     info.ld_count = cpu_to_le32(num_ld_disks);
     trace_megasas_dcmd_ld_get_list(cmd->index, num_ld_disks, max_ld_disks);
 
-    resid = dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
+    resid = dma_buf_read(&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
     cmd->iov_size = dcmd_size - resid;
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ static int megasas_dcmd_ld_list_query(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
     info.size = dcmd_size;
     trace_megasas_dcmd_ld_get_list(cmd->index, num_ld_disks, max_ld_disks);
 
-    resid = dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
+    resid = dma_buf_read(&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
     cmd->iov_size = dcmd_size - resid;
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ static int megasas_dcmd_cfg_read(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
         ld_offset += sizeof(struct mfi_ld_config);
     }
 
-    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)data, info->size, &cmd->qsg);
+    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read(data, info->size, &cmd->qsg);
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
 
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ static int megasas_dcmd_get_properties(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
     info.ecc_bucket_leak_rate = cpu_to_le16(1440);
     info.expose_encl_devices = 1;
 
-    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read((uint8_t *)&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
+    cmd->iov_size -= dma_buf_read(&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
 
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ static int megasas_dcmd_set_properties(MegasasState *s, MegasasCmd *cmd)
                                             dcmd_size);
         return MFI_STAT_INVALID_PARAMETER;
     }
-    dma_buf_write((uint8_t *)&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
+    dma_buf_write(&info, dcmd_size, &cmd->qsg);
     trace_megasas_dcmd_unsupported(cmd->index, cmd->iov_size);
     return MFI_STAT_OK;
 }
diff --git a/softmmu/dma-helpers.c b/softmmu/dma-helpers.c
index 09e29997ee5..7f37548394e 100644
--- a/softmmu/dma-helpers.c
+++ b/softmmu/dma-helpers.c
@@ -317,12 +317,12 @@ static uint64_t dma_buf_rw(void *buf, int32_t len, QEMUSGList *sg,
     return resid;
 }
 
-uint64_t dma_buf_read(uint8_t *ptr, int32_t len, QEMUSGList *sg)
+uint64_t dma_buf_read(void *ptr, int32_t len, QEMUSGList *sg)
 {
     return dma_buf_rw(ptr, len, sg, DMA_DIRECTION_FROM_DEVICE);
 }
 
-uint64_t dma_buf_write(uint8_t *ptr, int32_t len, QEMUSGList *sg)
+uint64_t dma_buf_write(void *ptr, int32_t len, QEMUSGList *sg)
 {
     return dma_buf_rw(ptr, len, sg, DMA_DIRECTION_TO_DEVICE);
 }
