diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 4251835..51922cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -1065,8 +1065,7 @@
 }
 
 /*
- *  Generic EEPROM access.
- * The EEPROM is being accessed by word index.
+ * Generic EEPROM access. The EEPROM is being accessed by word or byte index.
  */
 static inline void *rt2x00_eeprom_addr(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 				       const unsigned int word)
@@ -1086,6 +1085,12 @@
 	rt2x00dev->eeprom[word] = cpu_to_le16(data);
 }
 
+static inline u8 rt2x00_eeprom_byte(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+				    const unsigned int byte)
+{
+	return *(((u8 *)rt2x00dev->eeprom) + byte);
+}
+
 /*
  * Chipset handlers
  */