static void __iomem *at91_rtc_regs;
 static int irq;
 
+static void at91_rtc_write_ier(u32 mask)
+{
+       at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IER, mask);
+}
+
+static void at91_rtc_write_idr(u32 mask)
+{
+       at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IDR, mask);
+}
+
+static u32 at91_rtc_read_imr(void)
+{
+       return at91_rtc_read(AT91_RTC_IMR);
+}
+
 /*
  * Decode time/date into rtc_time structure
  */
        cr = at91_rtc_read(AT91_RTC_CR);
        at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_CR, cr | AT91_RTC_UPDCAL | AT91_RTC_UPDTIM);
 
-       at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IER, AT91_RTC_ACKUPD);
+       at91_rtc_write_ier(AT91_RTC_ACKUPD);
        wait_for_completion(&at91_rtc_updated); /* wait for ACKUPD interrupt */
-       at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IDR, AT91_RTC_ACKUPD);
+       at91_rtc_write_idr(AT91_RTC_ACKUPD);
 
        at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_TIMR,
                          bin2bcd(tm->tm_sec) << 0
        tm->tm_yday = rtc_year_days(tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_year);
        tm->tm_year = at91_alarm_year - 1900;
 
-       alrm->enabled = (at91_rtc_read(AT91_RTC_IMR) & AT91_RTC_ALARM)
+       alrm->enabled = (at91_rtc_read_imr() & AT91_RTC_ALARM)
                        ? 1 : 0;
 
        dev_dbg(dev, "%s(): %4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d\n", __func__,
        tm.tm_min = alrm->time.tm_min;
        tm.tm_sec = alrm->time.tm_sec;
 
-       at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IDR, AT91_RTC_ALARM);
+       at91_rtc_write_idr(AT91_RTC_ALARM);
        at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_TIMALR,
                  bin2bcd(tm.tm_sec) << 0
                | bin2bcd(tm.tm_min) << 8
 
        if (alrm->enabled) {
                at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_SCCR, AT91_RTC_ALARM);
-               at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IER, AT91_RTC_ALARM);
+               at91_rtc_write_ier(AT91_RTC_ALARM);
        }
 
        dev_dbg(dev, "%s(): %4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d\n", __func__,
 
        if (enabled) {
                at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_SCCR, AT91_RTC_ALARM);
-               at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IER, AT91_RTC_ALARM);
+               at91_rtc_write_ier(AT91_RTC_ALARM);
        } else
-               at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IDR, AT91_RTC_ALARM);
+               at91_rtc_write_idr(AT91_RTC_ALARM);
 
        return 0;
 }
  */
 static int at91_rtc_proc(struct device *dev, struct seq_file *seq)
 {
-       unsigned long imr = at91_rtc_read(AT91_RTC_IMR);
+       unsigned long imr = at91_rtc_read_imr();
 
        seq_printf(seq, "update_IRQ\t: %s\n",
                        (imr & AT91_RTC_ACKUPD) ? "yes" : "no");
        unsigned int rtsr;
        unsigned long events = 0;
 
-       rtsr = at91_rtc_read(AT91_RTC_SR) & at91_rtc_read(AT91_RTC_IMR);
+       rtsr = at91_rtc_read(AT91_RTC_SR) & at91_rtc_read_imr();
        if (rtsr) {             /* this interrupt is shared!  Is it ours? */
                if (rtsr & AT91_RTC_ALARM)
                        events |= (RTC_AF | RTC_IRQF);
        at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_MR, 0);         /* 24 hour mode */
 
        /* Disable all interrupts */
-       at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IDR, AT91_RTC_ACKUPD | AT91_RTC_ALARM |
+       at91_rtc_write_idr(AT91_RTC_ACKUPD | AT91_RTC_ALARM |
                                        AT91_RTC_SECEV | AT91_RTC_TIMEV |
                                        AT91_RTC_CALEV);
 
        struct rtc_device *rtc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
        /* Disable all interrupts */
-       at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IDR, AT91_RTC_ACKUPD | AT91_RTC_ALARM |
+       at91_rtc_write_idr(AT91_RTC_ACKUPD | AT91_RTC_ALARM |
                                        AT91_RTC_SECEV | AT91_RTC_TIMEV |
                                        AT91_RTC_CALEV);
        free_irq(irq, pdev);
        /* this IRQ is shared with DBGU and other hardware which isn't
         * necessarily doing PM like we are...
         */
-       at91_rtc_imr = at91_rtc_read(AT91_RTC_IMR)
+       at91_rtc_imr = at91_rtc_read_imr()
                        & (AT91_RTC_ALARM|AT91_RTC_SECEV);
        if (at91_rtc_imr) {
                if (device_may_wakeup(dev))
                        enable_irq_wake(irq);
                else
-                       at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IDR, at91_rtc_imr);
+                       at91_rtc_write_idr(at91_rtc_imr);
        }
        return 0;
 }
                if (device_may_wakeup(dev))
                        disable_irq_wake(irq);
                else
-                       at91_rtc_write(AT91_RTC_IER, at91_rtc_imr);
+                       at91_rtc_write_ier(at91_rtc_imr);
        }
        return 0;
 }