diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
index cb5076abda8b..eb76ac473630 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ Hal_EfuseParseThermalMeter_8723A(struct rtw_adapter *padapter,
 
 static void rtl8723a_cal_txdesc_chksum(struct tx_desc *ptxdesc)
 {
-	u16 *usPtr = (u16 *) ptxdesc;
+	__le16 *usPtr = (__le16 *)ptxdesc;
 	u32 count = 16;		/*  (32 bytes / 2 bytes per XOR) => 16 times */
 	u32 index;
 	u16 checksum = 0;