diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
index 4a1f52474dbc..5031398e612c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
@@ -523,8 +523,8 @@ static int dwxgmac2_rss_configure(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 				  struct stmmac_rss *cfg, u32 num_rxq)
 {
 	void __iomem *ioaddr = hw->pcsr;
+	u32 value, *key;
 	int i, ret;
-	u32 value;
 
 	value = readl(ioaddr + XGMAC_RSS_CTRL);
 	if (!cfg || !cfg->enable) {
@@ -533,8 +533,9 @@ static int dwxgmac2_rss_configure(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	key = (u32 *)cfg->key;
 	for (i = 0; i < (ARRAY_SIZE(cfg->key) / sizeof(u32)); i++) {
-		ret = dwxgmac2_rss_write_reg(ioaddr, true, i, cfg->key[i]);
+		ret = dwxgmac2_rss_write_reg(ioaddr, true, i, key[i]);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}