2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/spi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/spi.h
index fd3227e904a8..f3f18958657c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/spi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/spi.h
@@ -94,16 +94,15 @@ void wl12xx_set_partition(struct wl12xx *wl,
 
 static inline u32 wl12xx_read32(struct wl12xx *wl, int addr)
 {
-        u32 response;
+        wl12xx_spi_read(wl, addr, &wl->buffer_32, sizeof(wl->buffer_32));
 
-        wl12xx_spi_read(wl, addr, &response, sizeof(u32));
-
-        return response;
+        return wl->buffer_32;
 }
 
 static inline void wl12xx_write32(struct wl12xx *wl, int addr, u32 val)
 {
-        wl12xx_spi_write(wl, addr, &val, sizeof(u32));
+        wl->buffer_32 = val;
+        wl12xx_spi_write(wl, addr, &wl->buffer_32, sizeof(wl->buffer_32));
 }
 
 #endif /* __WL12XX_SPI_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
index 48641437414b..f252a1189254 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
@@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ struct wl12xx {
 
         struct wl12xx_stats stats;
         struct wl12xx_debugfs debugfs;
+
+        u32 buffer_32;
 };
 
 int wl12xx_plt_start(struct wl12xx *wl);