diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h
index 9a63df1184f1..35e53771533f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h
@@ -489,8 +489,8 @@ struct qed_dev {
 
 	u32				int_mode;
 	enum qed_coalescing_mode	int_coalescing_mode;
-	u8				rx_coalesce_usecs;
-	u8				tx_coalesce_usecs;
+	u16				rx_coalesce_usecs;
+	u16				tx_coalesce_usecs;
 
 	/* Start Bar offset of first hwfn */
 	void __iomem			*regview;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
index 6228482bf7f0..c5c658ab0724 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
@@ -430,11 +430,13 @@ static int qede_get_coalesce(struct net_device *dev,
 			     struct ethtool_coalesce *coal)
 {
 	struct qede_dev *edev = netdev_priv(dev);
+	u16 rxc, txc;
 
 	memset(coal, 0, sizeof(struct ethtool_coalesce));
-	edev->ops->common->get_coalesce(edev->cdev,
-					(u16 *)&coal->rx_coalesce_usecs,
-					(u16 *)&coal->tx_coalesce_usecs);
+	edev->ops->common->get_coalesce(edev->cdev, &rxc, &txc);
+
+	coal->rx_coalesce_usecs = rxc;
+	coal->tx_coalesce_usecs = txc;
 
 	return 0;
 }