diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
index 129d6b2..f04eddf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
@@ -1364,6 +1364,23 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int bnx2x_nvram_read32(struct bnx2x *bp, u32 offset, u32 *buf,
+			      int buf_size)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = bnx2x_nvram_read(bp, offset, (u8 *)buf, buf_size);
+
+	if (!rc) {
+		__be32 *be = (__be32 *)buf;
+
+		while ((buf_size -= 4) >= 0)
+			*buf++ = be32_to_cpu(*be++);
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static int bnx2x_get_eeprom(struct net_device *dev,
 			    struct ethtool_eeprom *eeprom, u8 *eebuf)
 {
@@ -2598,8 +2615,7 @@
 		{ 0x708,  0x70 }, /* manuf_key_info */
 		{     0,     0 }
 	};
-	__be32 *buf;
-	u8 *data;
+	u8 *buf;
 	int i, rc;
 	u32 magic, crc;
 
@@ -2612,16 +2628,14 @@
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto test_nvram_exit;
 	}
-	data = (u8 *)buf;
 
-	rc = bnx2x_nvram_read(bp, 0, data, 4);
+	rc = bnx2x_nvram_read32(bp, 0, &magic, sizeof(magic));
 	if (rc) {
 		DP(BNX2X_MSG_ETHTOOL | BNX2X_MSG_NVM,
 		   "magic value read (rc %d)\n", rc);
 		goto test_nvram_exit;
 	}
 
-	magic = be32_to_cpu(buf[0]);
 	if (magic != 0x669955aa) {
 		DP(BNX2X_MSG_ETHTOOL | BNX2X_MSG_NVM,
 		   "wrong magic value (0x%08x)\n", magic);
@@ -2631,7 +2645,7 @@
 
 	for (i = 0; nvram_tbl[i].size; i++) {
 
-		rc = bnx2x_nvram_read(bp, nvram_tbl[i].offset, data,
+		rc = bnx2x_nvram_read(bp, nvram_tbl[i].offset, buf,
 				      nvram_tbl[i].size);
 		if (rc) {
 			DP(BNX2X_MSG_ETHTOOL | BNX2X_MSG_NVM,
@@ -2639,7 +2653,7 @@
 			goto test_nvram_exit;
 		}
 
-		crc = ether_crc_le(nvram_tbl[i].size, data);
+		crc = ether_crc_le(nvram_tbl[i].size, buf);
 		if (crc != CRC32_RESIDUAL) {
 			DP(BNX2X_MSG_ETHTOOL | BNX2X_MSG_NVM,
 			   "nvram_tbl[%d] wrong crc value (0x%08x)\n", i, crc);