diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/ofw-shark.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/ofw-shark.c
index 7f6f5db0d0603275c668c0beebee4d5851e28ee0..465c54b6b128dceeed0608c40449aeebe8dcfbcc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/ofw-shark.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/ofw-shark.c
@@ -256,5 +256,5 @@ asmlinkage void ofw_init(ofw_handle_t o, int *nomr, int *pointer)
 	temp[11]='\0';
 	mem_len = OF_getproplen(o,phandle, temp);
 	OF_getprop(o,phandle, temp, buffer, mem_len);
-	(unsigned char) pointer[32] = ((unsigned char *) buffer)[mem_len-2];
+	* ((unsigned char *) &pointer[32]) = ((unsigned char *) buffer)[mem_len-2];
 }