diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
index 3b50d2b5c0e3..04a878c1a87d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_ops_linux.c
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ u16 rtw_read16(struct adapter *adapter, u32 addr)
 	struct io_priv *io_priv = &adapter->iopriv;
 	struct intf_hdl *intf = &io_priv->intf;
 	u16 value = addr & 0xffff;
-	__le32 data;
+	__le16 data;
 
 	usbctrl_vendorreq(intf, value, &data, 2, REALTEK_USB_VENQT_READ);
 
-	return (u16)(le32_to_cpu(data) & 0xffff);
+	return le16_to_cpu(data);
 }
 
 u32 rtw_read32(struct adapter *adapter, u32 addr)