diff --git a/include/linux-i386/sysdep.h b/include/linux-i386/sysdep.h
index ef99d1d..be065e9 100644
--- a/include/linux-i386/sysdep.h
+++ b/include/linux-i386/sysdep.h
@@ -104,11 +104,19 @@ static __inline__ uint32_t ips_cmpxchg(volatile uint32_t *ptr,
 				       uint32_t old, uint32_t new)
 {
     uint32_t prev;
-    struct xchg_dummy { uint32_t a[100]; };
 
+    /* This code used to cast PTR to a type which was an array of 100
+       uint32_t objects.  That makes no sense as the cmpxchgl's side
+       effect can be covered by an single int.
+
+       The semantics of GCC's ASMs for memory is that it clobbers the
+       whole pointed-to object.  Thus analyzers saw a 100 uint32_t sized
+       store which triggers diagnostics for out of bounds array writes.
+ 
+       The cast to the dummy type has been removed.  */
     asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "cmpxchgl %1,%2"
 		 : "=a"(prev)
-		 : "q"(new), "m"(*(struct xchg_dummy *)ptr), "0"(old)
+		 : "q"(new), "m"(*ptr), "0"(old)
 		 : "memory");
 
     return prev;