p_ramrod->common.update_approx_mcast_flg = 1;
        for (i = 0; i < ETH_MULTICAST_MAC_BINS_IN_REGS; i++) {
-               u32 *p_bins = (u32 *)p_params->bins;
+               u32 *p_bins = p_params->bins;
 
                p_ramrod->approx_mcast.bins[i] = cpu_to_le32(p_bins[i]);
        }
                        enum spq_mode comp_mode,
                        struct qed_spq_comp_cb *p_comp_data)
 {
-       unsigned long bins[ETH_MULTICAST_MAC_BINS_IN_REGS];
        struct vport_update_ramrod_data *p_ramrod = NULL;
+       u32 bins[ETH_MULTICAST_MAC_BINS_IN_REGS];
        struct qed_spq_entry *p_ent = NULL;
        struct qed_sp_init_data init_data;
        u8 abs_vport_id = 0;
        /* explicitly clear out the entire vector */
        memset(&p_ramrod->approx_mcast.bins, 0,
               sizeof(p_ramrod->approx_mcast.bins));
-       memset(bins, 0, sizeof(unsigned long) *
-              ETH_MULTICAST_MAC_BINS_IN_REGS);
+       memset(bins, 0, sizeof(bins));
        /* filter ADD op is explicit set op and it removes
         *  any existing filters for the vport
         */
        if (p_filter_cmd->opcode == QED_FILTER_ADD) {
                for (i = 0; i < p_filter_cmd->num_mc_addrs; i++) {
-                       u32 bit;
+                       u32 bit, nbits;
 
                        bit = qed_mcast_bin_from_mac(p_filter_cmd->mac[i]);
-                       __set_bit(bit, bins);
+                       nbits = sizeof(u32) * BITS_PER_BYTE;
+                       bins[bit / nbits] |= 1 << (bit % nbits);
                }
 
                /* Convert to correct endianity */
                for (i = 0; i < ETH_MULTICAST_MAC_BINS_IN_REGS; i++) {
                        struct vport_update_ramrod_mcast *p_ramrod_bins;
-                       u32 *p_bins = (u32 *)bins;
 
                        p_ramrod_bins = &p_ramrod->approx_mcast;
-                       p_ramrod_bins->bins[i] = cpu_to_le32(p_bins[i]);
+                       p_ramrod_bins->bins[i] = cpu_to_le32(bins[i]);
                }
        }
 
 
                resp_size += sizeof(struct pfvf_def_resp_tlv);
 
                memcpy(p_mcast_tlv->bins, p_params->bins,
-                      sizeof(unsigned long) * ETH_MULTICAST_MAC_BINS_IN_REGS);
+                      sizeof(u32) * ETH_MULTICAST_MAC_BINS_IN_REGS);
        }
 
        update_rx = p_params->accept_flags.update_rx_mode_config;
                        u32 bit;
 
                        bit = qed_mcast_bin_from_mac(p_filter_cmd->mac[i]);
-                       __set_bit(bit, sp_params.bins);
+                       sp_params.bins[bit / 32] |= 1 << (bit % 32);
                }
        }