diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c
index f8e3211689a3453164c9044f3bef4601053c1dba..5ae65691514bf68a64c7021285ae52be28816cfb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 static void usnic_ib_fw_string_to_u64(char *fw_ver_str, u64 *fw_ver)
 {
-	*fw_ver = (u64) *fw_ver_str;
+	*fw_ver = *((u64 *)fw_ver_str);
 }
 
 static int usnic_ib_fill_create_qp_resp(struct usnic_ib_qp_grp *qp_grp,