struct net_device *netdev;
        struct catc *catc;
        u8 broadcast[ETH_ALEN];
-       int i, pktsz, ret;
+       int pktsz, ret;
 
        if (usb_set_interface(usbdev,
                        intf->altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber, 1)) {
                 catc->irq_buf, 2, catc_irq_done, catc, 1);
 
        if (!catc->is_f5u011) {
+               u32 *buf;
+               int i;
+
                dev_dbg(dev, "Checking memory size\n");
 
-               i = 0x12345678;
-               catc_write_mem(catc, 0x7a80, &i, 4);
-               i = 0x87654321; 
-               catc_write_mem(catc, 0xfa80, &i, 4);
-               catc_read_mem(catc, 0x7a80, &i, 4);
+               buf = kmalloc(4, GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!buf) {
+                       ret = -ENOMEM;
+                       goto fail_free;
+               }
+
+               *buf = 0x12345678;
+               catc_write_mem(catc, 0x7a80, buf, 4);
+               *buf = 0x87654321;
+               catc_write_mem(catc, 0xfa80, buf, 4);
+               catc_read_mem(catc, 0x7a80, buf, 4);
          
-               switch (i) {
+               switch (*buf) {
                case 0x12345678:
                        catc_set_reg(catc, TxBufCount, 8);
                        catc_set_reg(catc, RxBufCount, 32);
                        dev_dbg(dev, "32k Memory\n");
                        break;
                }
+
+               kfree(buf);
          
                dev_dbg(dev, "Getting MAC from SEEROM.\n");