1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c
index ddad26bb5c58..fddd5844168d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ ixgb_get_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
         struct ixgb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
         struct ixgb_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
-        uint16_t *eeprom_buff;
+        __le16 *eeprom_buff;
         int i, max_len, first_word, last_word;
         int ret_val = 0;
 
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ ixgb_get_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
         first_word = eeprom->offset >> 1;
         last_word = (eeprom->offset + eeprom->len - 1) >> 1;
 
-        eeprom_buff = kmalloc(sizeof(uint16_t) *
+        eeprom_buff = kmalloc(sizeof(__le16) *
                         (last_word - first_word + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
         if(!eeprom_buff)
                 return -ENOMEM;