diff --git a/configs/photon/src/stm32_wdt.c b/configs/photon/src/stm32_wdt.c
index af37881182e..cc1359909fa 100644
--- a/configs/photon/src/stm32_wdt.c
+++ b/configs/photon/src/stm32_wdt.c
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ int photon_watchdog_initialize(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHOTON_IWDG
   wdinfo("Timeout = %d.\n", CONFIG_PHOTON_IWDG_TIMEOUT);
-  ret = ioctl(&filestruct, WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT,
-              (unsigned long)CONFIG_PHOTON_IWDG_TIMEOUT);
+  ret = file_ioctl(&filestruct, WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT,
+                   (unsigned long)CONFIG_PHOTON_IWDG_TIMEOUT);
 #else
 # error "No watchdog configured"
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/bch/bchdev_unregister.c b/drivers/bch/bchdev_unregister.c
index c9697d804a0..5efe1b20208 100644
--- a/drivers/bch/bchdev_unregister.c
+++ b/drivers/bch/bchdev_unregister.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 int bchdev_unregister(FAR const char *chardev)
 {
   FAR struct bchlib_s *bch;
-  FAR struct file *filestruct;
+  FAR struct file filestruct;
   int ret;
 
   /* Sanity check */