diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c
index c6327c07291837396861062d23f3e0c1e40e3457..7fa43528fa337d4436a6798b99426ffe803cc5e7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <wifi.h>
 #include <rtl8723a_cmd.h>
 #include <rtl8723a_hal.h>
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 extern unsigned char WMM_OUI23A[];
 extern unsigned char WPS_OUI23A[];
@@ -72,11 +73,8 @@ static void update_BCNTIM(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
 	struct wlan_bssid_ex *pnetwork_mlmeext = &pmlmeinfo->network;
 	unsigned char *pie = pnetwork_mlmeext->IEs;
 	u8 *p, *dst_ie, *premainder_ie = NULL, *pbackup_remainder_ie = NULL;
-	__le16 tim_bitmap_le;
 	uint offset, tmp_len, tim_ielen, tim_ie_offset, remainder_ielen;
 
-	tim_bitmap_le = cpu_to_le16(pstapriv->tim_bitmap);
-
 	p = rtw_get_ie23a(pie, WLAN_EID_TIM, &tim_ielen,
 			  pnetwork_mlmeext->IELength);
 	if (p != NULL && tim_ielen > 0) {
@@ -143,9 +141,9 @@ static void update_BCNTIM(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
 		*dst_ie++ = 0;
 
 	if (tim_ielen == 4) {
-		*dst_ie++ = *(u8 *)&tim_bitmap_le;
+		*dst_ie++ = pstapriv->tim_bitmap & 0xff;
 	} else if (tim_ielen == 5) {
-		memcpy(dst_ie, &tim_bitmap_le, 2);
+		put_unaligned_le16(pstapriv->tim_bitmap, dst_ie);
 		dst_ie += 2;
 	}