diff --git a/net/irda/irlmp.c b/net/irda/irlmp.c
index c19e9ce..57ea160 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlmp.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlmp.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 #include <net/irda/irlmp.h>
 #include <net/irda/irlmp_frame.h>
 
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
+
 static __u8 irlmp_find_free_slsap(void);
 static int irlmp_slsap_inuse(__u8 slsap_sel);
 
@@ -840,6 +842,7 @@
 void irlmp_do_discovery(int nslots)
 {
 	struct lap_cb *lap;
+	__u16 *data_hintsp;
 
 	/* Make sure the value is sane */
 	if ((nslots != 1) && (nslots != 6) && (nslots != 8) && (nslots != 16)){
@@ -849,7 +852,8 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Construct new discovery info to be used by IrLAP, */
-	u16ho(irlmp->discovery_cmd.data.hints) = irlmp->hints.word;
+	data_hintsp = (__u16 *) irlmp->discovery_cmd.data.hints;
+	put_unaligned(irlmp->hints.word, data_hintsp);
 
 	/*
 	 *  Set character set for device name (we use ASCII), and