diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_cfg.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_cfg.h
index 189e617ffec5..082093f5dd4b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_cfg.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_cfg.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 struct wilc_cfg_byte {
 	u16 id;
-	u16 val;
+	u8 val;
 };
 
 struct wilc_cfg_hword {