diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
index de1dc22cf68317..d2df30640269ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ qca8k_bulk_read(void *ctx, const void *reg_buf, size_t reg_len,
 		void *val_buf, size_t val_len)
 {
 	int i, count = val_len / sizeof(u32), ret;
-	u32 reg = *(u32 *)reg_buf & U16_MAX;
 	struct qca8k_priv *priv = ctx;
+	u32 reg = *(u16 *)reg_buf;
 
 	if (priv->mgmt_master &&
 	    !qca8k_read_eth(priv, reg, val_buf, val_len))
@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ qca8k_bulk_gather_write(void *ctx, const void *reg_buf, size_t reg_len,
 			const void *val_buf, size_t val_len)
 {
 	int i, count = val_len / sizeof(u32), ret;
-	u32 reg = *(u32 *)reg_buf & U16_MAX;
 	struct qca8k_priv *priv = ctx;
+	u32 reg = *(u16 *)reg_buf;
 	u32 *val = (u32 *)val_buf;
 
 	if (priv->mgmt_master &&