diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/io.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/io.h
index c545e9d5f512a34f2cc8a61e847f829dc74d73bc..d382877c34cc179c35cb7b0f65a8efa42c2ed341 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/io.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/io.h
@@ -36,16 +36,15 @@
 
 static inline u32 wl1251_read32(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr)
 {
-	u32 response;
-
-	wl->if_ops->read(wl, addr, &response, sizeof(u32));
+	wl->if_ops->read(wl, addr, &wl->buffer_32, sizeof(wl->buffer_32));
 
-	return response;
+	return le32_to_cpu(wl->buffer_32);
 }
 
 static inline void wl1251_write32(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, u32 val)
 {
-	wl->if_ops->write(wl, addr, &val, sizeof(u32));
+	wl->buffer_32 = cpu_to_le32(val);
+	wl->if_ops->write(wl, addr, &wl->buffer_32, sizeof(wl->buffer_32));
 }
 
 static inline u32 wl1251_read_elp(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/wl1251.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/wl1251.h
index a77f1bbbed0ad063aae085ff857c4cc7abadd717..9d8f5816c6f91628d609ecd0090c438133c5b115 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/wl1251.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/wl1251.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ struct wl1251 {
 	struct wl1251_stats stats;
 	struct wl1251_debugfs debugfs;
 
-	u32 buffer_32;
+	__le32 buffer_32;
 	u32 buffer_cmd;
 	u8 buffer_busyword[WL1251_BUSY_WORD_LEN];
 	struct wl1251_rx_descriptor *rx_descriptor;