diff --git a/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c b/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
index e67f70bbf0ac..f733718bf8e7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
@@ -226,10 +226,6 @@ void __init udbg_init_ehv_bc(void)
 	unsigned int rx_count, tx_count;
 	unsigned int ret;
 
-	/* Check if we're running as a guest of a hypervisor */
-	if (!(mfmsr() & MSR_GS))
-		return;
-
 	/* Verify the byte channel handle */
 	ret = ev_byte_channel_poll(CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_EHV_BC_HANDLE,
 				   &rx_count, &tx_count);
@@ -286,7 +282,7 @@ static int ehv_bc_console_byte_channel_send(unsigned int handle, const char *s,
 static void ehv_bc_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,
 				 unsigned int count)
 {
-	unsigned int handle = (unsigned int)co->data;
+	unsigned int handle = (uintptr_t)co->data;
 	char s2[EV_BYTE_CHANNEL_MAX_BYTES];
 	unsigned int i, j = 0;
 	char c;
@@ -352,7 +348,7 @@ static int __init ehv_bc_console_init(void)
 			   CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_EHV_BC_HANDLE);
 #endif
 
-	ehv_bc_console.data = (void *)stdout_bc;
+	ehv_bc_console.data = (void *)(uintptr_t)stdout_bc;
 
 	/* add_preferred_console() must be called before register_console(),
 	   otherwise it won't work.  However, we don't want to enumerate all the