*(u32 *)buf = val << shift;
 }
 
-static unsigned int regmap_parse_8(void *buf)
+static void regmap_parse_inplace_noop(void *buf)
 {
-       u8 *b = buf;
+}
+
+static unsigned int regmap_parse_8(const void *buf)
+{
+       const u8 *b = buf;
 
        return b[0];
 }
 
-static unsigned int regmap_parse_16_be(void *buf)
+static unsigned int regmap_parse_16_be(const void *buf)
+{
+       const __be16 *b = buf;
+
+       return be16_to_cpu(b[0]);
+}
+
+static void regmap_parse_16_be_inplace(void *buf)
 {
        __be16 *b = buf;
 
        b[0] = be16_to_cpu(b[0]);
-
-       return b[0];
 }
 
-static unsigned int regmap_parse_16_native(void *buf)
+static unsigned int regmap_parse_16_native(const void *buf)
 {
        return *(u16 *)buf;
 }
 
-static unsigned int regmap_parse_24(void *buf)
+static unsigned int regmap_parse_24(const void *buf)
 {
-       u8 *b = buf;
+       const u8 *b = buf;
        unsigned int ret = b[2];
        ret |= ((unsigned int)b[1]) << 8;
        ret |= ((unsigned int)b[0]) << 16;
        return ret;
 }
 
-static unsigned int regmap_parse_32_be(void *buf)
+static unsigned int regmap_parse_32_be(const void *buf)
+{
+       const __be32 *b = buf;
+
+       return be32_to_cpu(b[0]);
+}
+
+static void regmap_parse_32_be_inplace(void *buf)
 {
        __be32 *b = buf;
 
        b[0] = be32_to_cpu(b[0]);
-
-       return b[0];
 }
 
-static unsigned int regmap_parse_32_native(void *buf)
+static unsigned int regmap_parse_32_native(const void *buf)
 {
        return *(u32 *)buf;
 }
                goto err_map;
        }
 
+       if (val_endian == REGMAP_ENDIAN_NATIVE)
+               map->format.parse_inplace = regmap_parse_inplace_noop;
+
        switch (config->val_bits) {
        case 8:
                map->format.format_val = regmap_format_8;
                map->format.parse_val = regmap_parse_8;
+               map->format.parse_inplace = regmap_parse_inplace_noop;
                break;
        case 16:
                switch (val_endian) {
                case REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG:
                        map->format.format_val = regmap_format_16_be;
                        map->format.parse_val = regmap_parse_16_be;
+                       map->format.parse_inplace = regmap_parse_16_be_inplace;
                        break;
                case REGMAP_ENDIAN_NATIVE:
                        map->format.format_val = regmap_format_16_native;
                case REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG:
                        map->format.format_val = regmap_format_32_be;
                        map->format.parse_val = regmap_parse_32_be;
+                       map->format.parse_inplace = regmap_parse_32_be_inplace;
                        break;
                case REGMAP_ENDIAN_NATIVE:
                        map->format.format_val = regmap_format_32_native;
 
        if (!map->bus)
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (!map->format.parse_val)
+       if (!map->format.parse_inplace)
                return -EINVAL;
        if (reg % map->reg_stride)
                return -EINVAL;
                        goto out;
                }
                for (i = 0; i < val_count * val_bytes; i += val_bytes)
-                       map->format.parse_val(wval + i);
+                       map->format.parse_inplace(wval + i);
        }
        /*
         * Some devices does not support bulk write, for
 
        if (!map->bus)
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (!map->format.parse_val)
+       if (!map->format.parse_inplace)
                return -EINVAL;
        if (reg % map->reg_stride)
                return -EINVAL;
                }
 
                for (i = 0; i < val_count * val_bytes; i += val_bytes)
-                       map->format.parse_val(val + i);
+                       map->format.parse_inplace(val + i);
        } else {
                for (i = 0; i < val_count; i++) {
                        unsigned int ival;