diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
index 3f183a15186e..1ba079dffb11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
@@ -3771,7 +3771,7 @@ static void rt2800_efuse_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, unsigned int i)
 	/* Apparently the data is read from end to start */
 	rt2800_register_read_lock(rt2x00dev, EFUSE_DATA3, &reg);
 	/* The returned value is in CPU order, but eeprom is le */
-	rt2x00dev->eeprom[i] = cpu_to_le32(reg);
+	*(u32 *)&rt2x00dev->eeprom[i] = cpu_to_le32(reg);
 	rt2800_register_read_lock(rt2x00dev, EFUSE_DATA2, &reg);
 	*(u32 *)&rt2x00dev->eeprom[i + 2] = cpu_to_le32(reg);
 	rt2800_register_read_lock(rt2x00dev, EFUSE_DATA1, &reg);