diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723au_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723au_xmit.c
index 41ac843b9260..6bf87fe86644 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723au_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723au_xmit.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int urb_zero_packet_chk(struct rtw_adapter *padapter, int sz)
 
 static void rtl8192cu_cal_txdesc_chksum(struct tx_desc	*ptxdesc)
 {
-		u16	*usPtr = (u16 *)ptxdesc;
+		__le16	*usPtr = (__le16 *)ptxdesc;
 		u32 count = 16;		/*  (32 bytes / 2 bytes per XOR) => 16 times */
 		u32 index;
 		u16 checksum = 0;