diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 57a70d1..87bbaa3 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 
 struct tty_buffer {
 	struct tty_buffer *next;
-	char *char_buf_ptr;
-	unsigned char *flag_buf_ptr;
 	int used;
 	int size;
 	int commit;
@@ -41,6 +39,16 @@
 	unsigned long data[0];
 };
 
+static inline unsigned char *char_buf_ptr(struct tty_buffer *b, int ofs)
+{
+	return ((unsigned char *)b->data) + ofs;
+}
+
+static inline char *flag_buf_ptr(struct tty_buffer *b, int ofs)
+{
+	return (char *)char_buf_ptr(b, ofs) + b->size;
+}
+
 /*
  * We default to dicing tty buffer allocations to this many characters
  * in order to avoid multiple page allocations. We know the size of
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_flip.h b/include/linux/tty_flip.h
index e0f2526..ad03039 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_flip.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_flip.h
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 {
 	struct tty_buffer *tb = port->buf.tail;
 	if (tb && tb->used < tb->size) {
-		tb->flag_buf_ptr[tb->used] = flag;
-		tb->char_buf_ptr[tb->used++] = ch;
+		*flag_buf_ptr(tb, tb->used) = flag;
+		*char_buf_ptr(tb, tb->used++) = ch;
 		return 1;
 	}
 	return tty_insert_flip_string_flags(port, &ch, &flag, 1);