diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c
index 0dbc6bf8268a..b60a2730f0a8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ static ssize_t smtcfb_read(struct fb_info *info, char __user *buf,
 	if (count + p > total_size)
 		count = total_size - p;
 
-	buffer = kmalloc((count > PAGE_SIZE) ? PAGE_SIZE : count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buffer)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1059,24 +1059,13 @@ static ssize_t smtcfb_read(struct fb_info *info, char __user *buf,
 	while (count) {
 		c = (count > PAGE_SIZE) ? PAGE_SIZE : count;
 		dst = buffer;
-		for (i = c >> 2; i--;) {
-			*dst = fb_readl(src++);
-			*dst = big_swap(*dst);
-			dst++;
-		}
-		if (c & 3) {
-			u8 *dst8 = (u8 *)dst;
-			u8 __iomem *src8 = (u8 __iomem *)src;
+		for (i = (c + 3) >> 2; i--;) {
+			u32 val;
 
-			for (i = c & 3; i--;) {
-				if (i & 1) {
-					*dst8++ = fb_readb(++src8);
-				} else {
-					*dst8++ = fb_readb(--src8);
-					src8 += 2;
-				}
-			}
-			src = (u32 __iomem *)src8;
+			val = fb_readl(src);
+			*dst = big_swap(val);
+			src++;
+			dst++;
 		}
 
 		if (copy_to_user(buf, buffer, c)) {