diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/ether_fcc.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/ether_fcc.c
index 879ec0ea2318ad62f76c5c57d1fee8fe638ecee9..eed0a4babe7b79d43154715e41aee53aee15175e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/ether_fcc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/ether_fcc.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static RTXBD rtx __attribute__ ((aligned(8)));
 #error "rtx must be 64-bit aligned"
 #endif
 
-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 i;
     int result = 0;