diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c
index 3475b1b8081f..a80b5d115ff8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fbtft_write_reg8_bus9);
 int fbtft_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;