diff --git a/llvm/_core.cpp b/llvm/_core.cpp
index 52310f1..765d106 100644
--- a/llvm/_core.cpp
+++ b/llvm/_core.cpp
@@ -1180,18 +1180,18 @@ _wLLVMCreateGenericValueOfFloat(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 static PyObject *
 _wLLVMCreateGenericValueOfPointer(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    PyObject *obj1;
-    LLVMTypeRef ty;
+//    PyObject *obj1;
+//    LLVMTypeRef ty; //unused?
     unsigned long long n_;
     size_t n;
     LLVMGenericValueRef gv;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OL", &obj1, &n_))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "L", &n_))
         return NULL;
 
     n=n_;
 
-    ty = (LLVMTypeRef) PyCapsule_GetPointer(obj1, NULL);
+//    ty = (LLVMTypeRef) PyCapsule_GetPointer(obj1, NULL);
 
     gv = LLVMCreateGenericValueOfPointer((void*)n);
     return ctor_LLVMGenericValueRef(gv);
diff --git a/llvm/ee.py b/llvm/ee.py
index 62795a0..904716e 100644
--- a/llvm/ee.py
+++ b/llvm/ee.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import llvm                 # top-level, for common stuff
 import llvm.core as core    # module, function etc.
 import llvm._core as _core  # C wrappers
 import llvm._util as _util  # utility functions
+import logging
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 #===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
 # Enumerations
@@ -141,9 +143,25 @@ class GenericValue(object):
         return GenericValue(ptr)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def pointer(ty, intval):
-        core.check_is_type(ty)
-        ptr = _core.LLVMCreateGenericValueOfPointer(ty.ptr, intval)
+    def pointer(*args):
+        '''
+        One argument version takes (addr).
+        Two argument version takes (ty, addr). [Deprecated]
+
+        `ty` is unused.
+        `addr` is an integer representing an address.
+
+        TODO: remove two argument version.
+        '''
+        if len(args)==2:
+            logger.warning("Deprecated: Two argument version of "
+                           "GenericValue.pointer() is deprecated.")
+            addr = args[1]
+        elif len(args)!=1:
+            raise TypeError("pointer() takes 1 or 2 arguments.")
+        else:
+            addr = args[0]
+        ptr = _core.LLVMCreateGenericValueOfPointer(addr)
         return GenericValue(ptr)
 
     def __init__(self, ptr):