diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
index 274d220d0a83da595d9e40bb711f574851282ba6..2013699a5c54a64231217512a5bbde9005d83e9c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c
@@ -792,8 +792,12 @@ static int rdt_bit_usage_show(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 			      struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 {
 	struct rdt_resource *r = of->kn->parent->priv;
-	u32 sw_shareable = 0, hw_shareable = 0;
-	u32 exclusive = 0, pseudo_locked = 0;
+	/*
+	 * Use unsigned long even though only 32 bits are used to ensure
+	 * test_bit() is used safely.
+	 */
+	unsigned long sw_shareable = 0, hw_shareable = 0;
+	unsigned long exclusive = 0, pseudo_locked = 0;
 	struct rdt_domain *dom;
 	int i, hwb, swb, excl, psl;
 	enum rdtgrp_mode mode;
@@ -838,10 +842,10 @@ static int rdt_bit_usage_show(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 		}
 		for (i = r->cache.cbm_len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 			pseudo_locked = dom->plr ? dom->plr->cbm : 0;
-			hwb = test_bit(i, (unsigned long *)&hw_shareable);
-			swb = test_bit(i, (unsigned long *)&sw_shareable);
-			excl = test_bit(i, (unsigned long *)&exclusive);
-			psl = test_bit(i, (unsigned long *)&pseudo_locked);
+			hwb = test_bit(i, &hw_shareable);
+			swb = test_bit(i, &sw_shareable);
+			excl = test_bit(i, &exclusive);
+			psl = test_bit(i, &pseudo_locked);
 			if (hwb && swb)
 				seq_putc(seq, 'X');
 			else if (hwb && !swb)
@@ -2320,26 +2324,19 @@ static int mkdir_mondata_all(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn,
  */
 static void cbm_ensure_valid(u32 *_val, struct rdt_resource *r)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Convert the u32 _val to an unsigned long required by all the bit
-	 * operations within this function. No more than 32 bits of this
-	 * converted value can be accessed because all bit operations are
-	 * additionally provided with cbm_len that is initialized during
-	 * hardware enumeration using five bits from the EAX register and
-	 * thus never can exceed 32 bits.
-	 */
-	unsigned long *val = (unsigned long *)_val;
+	unsigned long val = *_val;
 	unsigned int cbm_len = r->cache.cbm_len;
 	unsigned long first_bit, zero_bit;
 
-	if (*val == 0)
+	if (val == 0)
 		return;
 
-	first_bit = find_first_bit(val, cbm_len);
-	zero_bit = find_next_zero_bit(val, cbm_len, first_bit);
+	first_bit = find_first_bit(&val, cbm_len);
+	zero_bit = find_next_zero_bit(&val, cbm_len, first_bit);
 
 	/* Clear any remaining bits to ensure contiguous region */
-	bitmap_clear(val, zero_bit, cbm_len - zero_bit);
+	bitmap_clear(&val, zero_bit, cbm_len - zero_bit);
+	*_val = (u32)val;
 }
 
 /**