diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
index fd7c974aff32..b034ace7eacd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ static long bcm_char_ioctl(struct file *filp, UINT cmd, ULONG arg)
 	}
 
 	case IOCTL_BCM_GET_CURRENT_STATUS: {
-		LINK_STATE link_state;
+		struct bcm_link_state link_state;
 
 		/* Copy Ioctl Buffer structure */
 		if (copy_from_user(&IoBuffer, argp, sizeof(struct bcm_ioctl_buffer))) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/Macros.h b/drivers/staging/bcm/Macros.h
index 224a15650053..1fae5d9b9d2a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Macros.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Macros.h
@@ -162,13 +162,11 @@
 #define GPIO_MODE_REGISTER       0x0F000034
 #define GPIO_PIN_STATE_REGISTER  0x0F000038
 
-
-typedef struct _LINK_STATE {
+struct bcm_link_state {
 	UCHAR ucLinkStatus;
 	UCHAR bIdleMode;
 	UCHAR bShutdownMode;
-} LINK_STATE, *PLINK_STATE;
-
+};
 
 enum enLinkStatus {
 	WAIT_FOR_SYNC = 1,