diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix.h b/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
index 77d9e4c1e23505166c3991bcfc0aa07c7c08a5f2..fbff17748a1d5c25a9c85bd474cbbad8f77d23fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@
 #define AX_GPIO_RSE		0x80	/* Reload serial EEPROM */
 
 #define AX_EEPROM_MAGIC		0xdeadbeef
-#define AX88172_EEPROM_LEN	0x40
-#define AX88772_EEPROM_LEN	0xff
+#define AX_EEPROM_LEN		0x200
 
 /* This structure cannot exceed sizeof(unsigned long [5]) AKA 20 bytes */
 struct asix_data {
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ struct asix_data {
 	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	u8 phymode;
 	u8 ledmode;
-	u8 eeprom_len;
+	u8 res;
 };
 
 int asix_read_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u16 value, u16 index,
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
index 336f755670915025dced3338c64a46a6397a779c..0b5b2d328a563b356c46dbb4e5f7e174c2b74e2b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
@@ -478,46 +478,51 @@ int asix_set_wol(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_wolinfo *wolinfo)
 
 int asix_get_eeprom_len(struct net_device *net)
 {
-	struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(net);
-	struct asix_data *data = (struct asix_data *)&dev->data;
-
-	return data->eeprom_len;
+	return AX_EEPROM_LEN;
 }
 
 int asix_get_eeprom(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom,
 		    u8 *data)
 {
 	struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(net);
-	__le16 *ebuf = (__le16 *)data;
+	u16 *eeprom_buff;
+	int first_word, last_word;
 	int i;
 
-	/* Crude hack to ensure that we don't overwrite memory
-	 * if an odd length is supplied
-	 */
-	if (eeprom->len % 2)
+	if (eeprom->len == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	eeprom->magic = AX_EEPROM_MAGIC;
 
+	first_word = eeprom->offset >> 1;
+	last_word = (eeprom->offset + eeprom->len - 1) >> 1;
+
+	eeprom_buff = kmalloc(sizeof(u16) * (last_word - first_word + 1),
+			      GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!eeprom_buff)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	/* ax8817x returns 2 bytes from eeprom on read */
-	for (i=0; i < eeprom->len / 2; i++) {
-		if (asix_read_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_READ_EEPROM,
-			eeprom->offset + i, 0, 2, &ebuf[i]) < 0)
-			return -EINVAL;
+	for (i = first_word; i <= last_word; i++) {
+		if (asix_read_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_READ_EEPROM, i, 0, 2,
+				  &(eeprom_buff[i - first_word])) < 0) {
+			kfree(eeprom_buff);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
 	}
+
+	memcpy(data, (u8 *)eeprom_buff + (eeprom->offset & 1), eeprom->len);
+	kfree(eeprom_buff);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void asix_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
 {
-	struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(net);
-	struct asix_data *data = (struct asix_data *)&dev->data;
-
 	/* Inherit standard device info */
 	usbnet_get_drvinfo(net, info);
 	strncpy (info->driver, DRIVER_NAME, sizeof info->driver);
 	strncpy (info->version, DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof info->version);
-	info->eedump_len = data->eeprom_len;
+	info->eedump_len = AX_EEPROM_LEN;
 }
 
 int asix_set_mac_address(struct net_device *net, void *p)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
index ed9403b0c437ad23481b20c625d71810a99d2e0b..658c08fe2c0368db97592187d90d64bd56664ac4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
@@ -201,9 +201,6 @@ static int ax88172_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 	u8 buf[ETH_ALEN];
 	int i;
 	unsigned long gpio_bits = dev->driver_info->data;
-	struct asix_data *data = (struct asix_data *)&dev->data;
-
-	data->eeprom_len = AX88172_EEPROM_LEN;
 
 	usbnet_get_endpoints(dev,intf);
 
@@ -409,12 +406,9 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ax88772_netdev_ops = {
 static int ax88772_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
 	int ret, embd_phy;
-	struct asix_data *data = (struct asix_data *)&dev->data;
 	u8 buf[ETH_ALEN];
 	u32 phyid;
 
-	data->eeprom_len = AX88772_EEPROM_LEN;
-
 	usbnet_get_endpoints(dev,intf);
 
 	/* Get the MAC address */
@@ -767,9 +761,6 @@ static int ax88178_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
 	int ret;
 	u8 buf[ETH_ALEN];
-	struct asix_data *data = (struct asix_data *)&dev->data;
-
-	data->eeprom_len = AX88772_EEPROM_LEN;
 
 	usbnet_get_endpoints(dev,intf);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c
index 3d0f8fa0538641142cc1aeaca5af900a81b65a98..97dce0f567d2c91ff7dcb20bb6edfed11557dde6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88172a.c
@@ -228,12 +228,9 @@ static int ax88172a_reset_phy(struct usbnet *dev, int embd_phy)
 static int ax88172a_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct asix_data *data = (struct asix_data *)&dev->data;
 	u8 buf[ETH_ALEN];
 	struct ax88172a_private *priv;
 
-	data->eeprom_len = AX88772_EEPROM_LEN;
-
 	usbnet_get_endpoints(dev, intf);
 
 	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);