diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/hal_com.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/hal_com.c
index bf919f6e41286abd04fd9c5431ac8427e2550e93..f906317579bc30d5dc0c4ab938c97c153b92d5aa 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/hal_com.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/hal_com.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ void rtl8723a_fifo_cleanup(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
 	rtl8723au_write8(padapter, REG_TXPAUSE, 0xff);
 
 	/*  keep sn */
-	padapter->xmitpriv.nqos_ssn = rtl8723au_read16(padapter, REG_NQOS_SEQ);
+	padapter->xmitpriv.nqos_ssn = rtl8723au_read8(padapter, REG_NQOS_SEQ);
 
 	if (pwrpriv->bkeepfwalive != true) {
 		u32 v32;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h
index 70cd4b69d8f827e956d628237f489700b36f8b99..780ec0665f208178d96ac7964ae0cf67c06764a5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/include/rtw_xmit.h
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ struct	xmit_priv {
 	struct list_head xmitextbuf_list;	/* track buffers for cleanup */
 	uint free_xmit_extbuf_cnt;
 
-	u16	nqos_ssn;
+	u8	nqos_ssn;
 	int	ack_tx;
 	struct mutex ack_tx_mutex;
 	struct submit_ctx ack_tx_ops;