diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/smia/et8ek8.c b/drivers/media/i2c/smia/et8ek8.c
index cd66a27..12e55bc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/smia/et8ek8.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/smia/et8ek8.c
@@ -673,16 +673,16 @@ static struct smia_meta_reglist et8ek8_smia_meta_reglist = {
    .magic   = SMIA_MAGIC,
    .version = "V14 03-June-2008",
    .reglist = {
-       { .offset = (uintptr_t)&mode1_poweron_mode2_16vga_2592x1968_12_07fps },
-       { .offset = (uintptr_t)&mode1_16vga_2592x1968_13_12fps_dpcm10_8 },
-       { .offset = (uintptr_t)&mode3_4vga_1296x984_29_99fps_dpcm10_8 },
-       { .offset = (uintptr_t)&mode4_svga_864x656_29_88fps },
-       { .offset = (uintptr_t)&mode5_vga_648x492_29_93fps },
-       { .offset = (uintptr_t)&mode2_16vga_2592x1968_3_99fps },
-       { .offset = (uintptr_t)&mode_648x492_5fps },
-       { .offset = (uintptr_t)&mode3_4vga_1296x984_5fps },
-       { .offset = (uintptr_t)&mode_4vga_1296x984_25fps_dpcm10_8 },
-       { .offset = 0 }
+       { .ptr = &mode1_poweron_mode2_16vga_2592x1968_12_07fps },
+       { .ptr = &mode1_16vga_2592x1968_13_12fps_dpcm10_8 },
+       { .ptr = &mode3_4vga_1296x984_29_99fps_dpcm10_8 },
+       { .ptr = &mode4_svga_864x656_29_88fps },
+       { .ptr = &mode5_vga_648x492_29_93fps },
+       { .ptr = &mode2_16vga_2592x1968_3_99fps },
+       { .ptr = &mode_648x492_5fps },
+       { .ptr = &mode3_4vga_1296x984_5fps },
+       { .ptr = &mode_4vga_1296x984_25fps_dpcm10_8 },
+       { .ptr = 0 }
    }
 };

diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/smia/smiaregs.c b/drivers/media/i2c/smia/smiaregs.c
index a681e65..f88ac38 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/smia/smiaregs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/smia/smiaregs.c
@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@ static int smia_reglist_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)

 /*
  * Prepare register list created by dcc-pulautin for use in kernel.
- * The pointers in the list are actually offsets from the beginning of
- * the blob.
  */
 int smia_reglist_import(struct smia_meta_reglist *meta)
 {
@@ -233,25 +231,17 @@ int smia_reglist_import(struct smia_meta_reglist *meta)
    printk(KERN_ALERT "%s: meta_reglist version %s\n",
           __func__, meta->version);

-   while (meta->reglist[nlists].offset != 0) {
-       struct smia_reglist *list;
-
-       meta->reglist[nlists].offset =
-           (uintptr_t)meta + meta->reglist[nlists].offset;
-
-       list = meta->reglist[nlists].ptr;
-
+   while (meta->reglist[nlists].ptr != NULL)
        nlists++;
-   }

    if (!nlists)
        return -EINVAL;

-   sort(&meta->reglist[0].offset, nlists, sizeof(meta->reglist[0].offset),
+   sort(&meta->reglist[0].ptr, nlists, sizeof(meta->reglist[0].ptr),
         smia_reglist_cmp, NULL);

    nlists = 0;
-   while (meta->reglist[nlists].offset != 0) {
+   while (meta->reglist[nlists].ptr != NULL) {
        struct smia_reglist *list;

        list = meta->reglist[nlists].ptr;
@@ -264,7 +254,7 @@ int smia_reglist_import(struct smia_meta_reglist *meta)
               list->mode.pixel_format,
               list->mode.timeperframe.numerator,
               list->mode.timeperframe.denominator,
-              (void *)meta->reglist[nlists].offset);
+              (void *)meta->reglist[nlists].ptr);

        nlists++;
    }
diff --git a/include/media/smiaregs.h b/include/media/smiaregs.h
index caade3d..8d7e79d 100644
--- a/include/media/smiaregs.h
+++ b/include/media/smiaregs.h
@@ -97,19 +97,7 @@ struct smia_reglist {
 struct smia_meta_reglist {
    u32 magic;
    char version[SMIA_MAX_LEN];
-   /*
-    * When we generate a reglist, the objcopy program will put
-    * here the list of addresses to reglists local to that object
-    * file.
-    *
-    * In the kernel they serve as offsets inside the the register
-    * list binary.
-    *
-    * The list must be NULL-terminated. That is expected by the
-    * drivers.
-    */
    union {
-       uintptr_t offset;
        struct smia_reglist *ptr;
    } reglist[];
 };