diff --git a/board/mpl/common/flash.c b/board/mpl/common/flash.c
index 302d7a3d50..355608cd3b 100644
--- a/board/mpl/common/flash.c
+++ b/board/mpl/common/flash.c
@@ -819,13 +819,17 @@ static FLASH_WORD_SIZE *read_val = (FLASH_WORD_SIZE *)0x200000;
 
 static int write_word (flash_info_t *info, ulong dest, ulong data)
 {
-	volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *addr2 = (FLASH_WORD_SIZE *)(info->start[0]);
-	volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *dest2 = (FLASH_WORD_SIZE *)dest;
-	volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *data2 = (FLASH_WORD_SIZE *)&data;
+	volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *addr2 = (volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *)(info->start[0]);
+	volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *dest2 = (volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *)dest;
+	volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *data2;
 	ulong start;
+	ulong *data_p;
 	int flag;
 	int i;
 
+	data_p = &data;
+	data2 = (volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *)data_p;
+
 	/* Check if Flash is (sufficiently) erased */
 	if ((*((volatile FLASH_WORD_SIZE *)dest) &
 		(FLASH_WORD_SIZE)data) != (FLASH_WORD_SIZE)data) {
diff --git a/board/mpl/pati/cmd_pati.c b/board/mpl/pati/cmd_pati.c
index 0682323ae1..740881e6d4 100644
--- a/board/mpl/pati/cmd_pati.c
+++ b/board/mpl/pati/cmd_pati.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int pati_pci_eeprom_write(unsigned short offset, unsigned long addr, unsi
 static int pati_pci_eeprom_read(unsigned short offset, unsigned long addr, unsigned short size)
 {
 	int i;
-	unsigned short value;
+	unsigned short value = 0;
 	unsigned short *buffer =(unsigned short *)addr;
 	if((offset + size) > PATI_EEPROM_LAST_OFFSET) {
 		size = PATI_EEPROM_LAST_OFFSET - offset;
diff --git a/board/mpl/pati/pati.c b/board/mpl/pati/pati.c
index 8f23d2dc0e..1b3b698ed9 100644
--- a/board/mpl/pati/pati.c
+++ b/board/mpl/pati/pati.c
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ int last_stage_init (void)
 
 int checkboard (void)
 {
-	unsigned char s[50];
-	unsigned long reg;
+	char s[50];
+	ulong reg;
 	char rev;
 	int i;