static int tpm_tis_spi_read16(struct tpm_tis_data *data, u32 addr, u16 *result)
 {
+       __le16 result_le;
        int rc;
 
-       rc = data->phy_ops->read_bytes(data, addr, sizeof(u16), (u8 *)result);
+       rc = data->phy_ops->read_bytes(data, addr, sizeof(u16),
+                                      (u8 *)&result_le);
        if (!rc)
-               *result = le16_to_cpu(*result);
+               *result = le16_to_cpu(result_le);
+
        return rc;
 }
 
 static int tpm_tis_spi_read32(struct tpm_tis_data *data, u32 addr, u32 *result)
 {
+       __le32 result_le;
        int rc;
 
-       rc = data->phy_ops->read_bytes(data, addr, sizeof(u32), (u8 *)result);
+       rc = data->phy_ops->read_bytes(data, addr, sizeof(u32),
+                                      (u8 *)&result_le);
        if (!rc)
-               *result = le32_to_cpu(*result);
+               *result = le32_to_cpu(result_le);
+
        return rc;
 }
 
 static int tpm_tis_spi_write32(struct tpm_tis_data *data, u32 addr, u32 value)
 {
-       value = cpu_to_le32(value);
-       return data->phy_ops->write_bytes(data, addr, sizeof(u32),
-                                          (u8 *)&value);
+       __le32 value_le;
+       int rc;
+
+       value_le = cpu_to_le32(value);
+       rc = data->phy_ops->write_bytes(data, addr, sizeof(u32),
+                                       (u8 *)&value_le);
+
+       return rc;
 }
 
 static const struct tpm_tis_phy_ops tpm_spi_phy_ops = {