diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
index efe173072ad5..cb5076abda8b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ void Hal_EfuseParseIDCode(struct rtw_adapter *padapter, u8 *hwinfo)
 	u16 EEPROMId;
 
 	/*  Checl 0x8129 again for making sure autoload status!! */
-	EEPROMId = le16_to_cpu(*((u16 *) hwinfo));
+	EEPROMId = le16_to_cpu(*((__le16 *) hwinfo));
 	if (EEPROMId != RTL_EEPROM_ID) {
 		DBG_8723A("EEPROM ID(%#x) is invalid!!\n", EEPROMId);
 		pEEPROM->bautoload_fail_flag = true;