diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ra8875.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ra8875.c
index 89d36d6d0cd3..a899614ce829 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ra8875.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ra8875.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void write_reg8_bus8(struct fbtft_par *par, int len, ...)
 static int write_vmem16_bus8(struct fbtft_par *par, size_t offset, size_t len)
 {
 	u16 *vmem16;
-	u16 *txbuf16 = par->txbuf.buf;
+	__be16 *txbuf16 = par->txbuf.buf;
 	size_t remain;
 	size_t to_copy;
 	size_t tx_array_size;