diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
index f48eeb168e0b2fe965ed459898985f6006ad9857..71bc4edae322c4bd644b9b6e944271bf272b0cac 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
@@ -596,8 +596,7 @@ static void slic_mac_address_config(struct adapter *adapter)
 	u32 value2;
 	__iomem struct slic_regs *slic_regs = adapter->slic_regs;
 
-	value = *(u32 *) &adapter->currmacaddr[2];
-	value = ntohl(value);
+	value = ntohl(*(__be32 *) &adapter->currmacaddr[2]);
 	slic_reg32_write(&slic_regs->slic_wraddral, value, FLUSH);
 	slic_reg32_write(&slic_regs->slic_wraddrbl, value, FLUSH);