switch (info->rx_state) {
 
                                case RECV_WAIT_EVENT_HEADER:
-                                       eh = (struct hci_event_hdr *)(info->rx_skb->data);
+                                       eh = hci_event_hdr(info->rx_skb);
                                        info->rx_state = RECV_WAIT_DATA;
                                        info->rx_count = eh->plen;
                                        break;
 
                                case RECV_WAIT_ACL_HEADER:
-                                       ah = (struct hci_acl_hdr *)(info->rx_skb->data);
+                                       ah = hci_acl_hdr(info->rx_skb);
                                        dlen = __le16_to_cpu(ah->dlen);
                                        info->rx_state = RECV_WAIT_DATA;
                                        info->rx_count = dlen;
                                        break;
 
                                case RECV_WAIT_SCO_HEADER:
-                                       sh = (struct hci_sco_hdr *)(info->rx_skb->data);
+                                       sh = hci_sco_hdr(info->rx_skb);
                                        info->rx_state = RECV_WAIT_DATA;
                                        info->rx_count = sh->dlen;
                                        break;
 
                                switch (info->rx_state) {
 
                                case RECV_WAIT_EVENT_HEADER:
-                                       eh = (struct hci_event_hdr *)(info->rx_skb->data);
+                                       eh = hci_event_hdr(info->rx_skb);
                                        info->rx_state = RECV_WAIT_DATA;
                                        info->rx_count = eh->plen;
                                        break;
 
                                case RECV_WAIT_ACL_HEADER:
-                                       ah = (struct hci_acl_hdr *)(info->rx_skb->data);
+                                       ah = hci_acl_hdr(info->rx_skb);
                                        dlen = __le16_to_cpu(ah->dlen);
                                        info->rx_state = RECV_WAIT_DATA;
                                        info->rx_count = dlen;
                                        break;
 
                                case RECV_WAIT_SCO_HEADER:
-                                       sh = (struct hci_sco_hdr *)(info->rx_skb->data);
+                                       sh = hci_sco_hdr(info->rx_skb);
                                        info->rx_state = RECV_WAIT_DATA;
                                        info->rx_count = sh->dlen;
                                        break;
 
                                switch (info->rx_state) {
 
                                case RECV_WAIT_EVENT_HEADER:
-                                       eh = (struct hci_event_hdr *)(info->rx_skb->data);
+                                       eh = hci_event_hdr(info->rx_skb);
                                        info->rx_state = RECV_WAIT_DATA;
                                        info->rx_count = eh->plen;
                                        break;
 
                                case RECV_WAIT_ACL_HEADER:
-                                       ah = (struct hci_acl_hdr *)(info->rx_skb->data);
+                                       ah = hci_acl_hdr(info->rx_skb);
                                        dlen = __le16_to_cpu(ah->dlen);
                                        info->rx_state = RECV_WAIT_DATA;
                                        info->rx_count = dlen;
                                        break;
 
                                case RECV_WAIT_SCO_HEADER:
-                                       sh = (struct hci_sco_hdr *)(info->rx_skb->data);
+                                       sh = hci_sco_hdr(info->rx_skb);
                                        info->rx_state = RECV_WAIT_DATA;
                                        info->rx_count = sh->dlen;
                                        break;
 
                                continue;
 
                        case H4_W4_EVENT_HDR:
-                               eh = (struct hci_event_hdr *) h4->rx_skb->data;
+                               eh = hci_event_hdr(h4->rx_skb);
 
                                BT_DBG("Event header: evt 0x%2.2x plen %d", eh->evt, eh->plen);
 
                                continue;
 
                        case H4_W4_ACL_HDR:
-                               ah = (struct hci_acl_hdr *) h4->rx_skb->data;
+                               ah = hci_acl_hdr(h4->rx_skb);
                                dlen = __le16_to_cpu(ah->dlen);
 
                                BT_DBG("ACL header: dlen %d", dlen);
                                continue;
 
                        case H4_W4_SCO_HDR:
-                               sh = (struct hci_sco_hdr *) h4->rx_skb->data;
+                               sh = hci_sco_hdr(h4->rx_skb);
 
                                BT_DBG("SCO header: dlen %d", sh->dlen);
 
 
        __u8    dlen;
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+static inline struct hci_event_hdr *hci_event_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+       return (struct hci_event_hdr *)skb->data;
+}
+
+static inline struct hci_acl_hdr *hci_acl_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+       return (struct hci_acl_hdr *)skb->data;
+}
+
+static inline struct hci_sco_hdr *hci_sco_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+       return (struct hci_sco_hdr *)skb->data;
+}
+#endif
+
 /* Command opcode pack/unpack */
 #define hci_opcode_pack(ogf, ocf)      (__u16) ((ocf & 0x03ff)|(ogf << 10))
 #define hci_opcode_ogf(op)             (op >> 10)