diff --git a/sys/arch/vax/boot/boot/if_le.c b/sys/arch/vax/boot/boot/if_le.c
index 23fe07e50bcb..af3b34a905ab 100644
--- a/sys/arch/vax/boot/boot/if_le.c
+++ b/sys/arch/vax/boot/boot/if_le.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: if_le.c,v 1.9 2006/06/08 07:03:11 he Exp $ */
+/*	$NetBSD: if_le.c,v 1.10 2006/06/11 08:35:00 he Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1997, 1999 Ludd, University of Lule}, Sweden.
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 #define NRBUF   (1 << RLEN)
 #define BUFSIZE 1518
 
-#define	QW_ALLOC(x)	(((int)alloc((x) + 7) + 7) & ~7)
+#define	QW_ALLOC(x)	(((uintptr_t)alloc((x) + 7) + 7) & ~7)
 
 static int le_get(struct iodesc *, void *, size_t, time_t);
 static int le_put(struct iodesc *, void *, size_t);
@@ -169,21 +169,20 @@ igen:
 		eaddr[i] = ea[i] & 0377;
 
 	if (initblock == NULL) {
-		initblock =
-		    (struct initblock *)QW_ALLOC(sizeof(struct initblock)) +
-			 addoff;
+		initblock = (struct initblock *)
+			(QW_ALLOC(sizeof(struct initblock)) + addoff);
 		initblock->ib_mode = LE_MODE_NORMAL;
 		bcopy(eaddr, initblock->ib_padr, 6);
 		initblock->ib_ladrf1 = 0;
 		initblock->ib_ladrf2 = 0;
 
-		rdesc = (struct buffdesc *)QW_ALLOC(sizeof(struct buffdesc) * 
-			NRBUF) + addoff;
+		rdesc = (struct buffdesc *)
+			(QW_ALLOC(sizeof(struct buffdesc) * NRBUF) + addoff);
 		initblock->ib_rdr = (RLEN << 29) | (int)rdesc;
 		if (kopiera)
 			initblock->ib_rdr -= (int)initblock;
-		tdesc = (struct buffdesc *)QW_ALLOC(sizeof(struct buffdesc) *
-			NTBUF) + addoff;
+		tdesc = (struct buffdesc *)
+			(QW_ALLOC(sizeof(struct buffdesc) * NTBUF) + addoff);
 		initblock->ib_tdr = (TLEN << 29) | (int)tdesc;
 		if (kopiera)
 			initblock->ib_tdr -= (int)initblock;