diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index 5b30132960c7901e514948c092ab105f43b483a0..41b74ba8d4e584699d57a0a8f8a84b38b9b78783 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ static void qlt_24xx_send_task_mgmt_ctio(struct scsi_qla_host *ha,
 	ctio->u.status1.scsi_status =
 	    __constant_cpu_to_le16(SS_RESPONSE_INFO_LEN_VALID);
 	ctio->u.status1.response_len = __constant_cpu_to_le16(8);
-	((uint32_t *)ctio->u.status1.sense_data)[0] = cpu_to_be32(resp_code);
+	ctio->u.status1.sense_data[0] = resp_code;
 
 	qla2x00_start_iocbs(ha, ha->req);
 }