{
        int port1;
        unsigned pgood_delay = hub->descriptor->bPwrOn2PwrGood * 2;
+       u16 wHubCharacteristics = le16_to_cpu(hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics);
 
        /* if hub supports power switching, enable power on each port */
-       if ((hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_LPSM) < 2) {
+       if ((wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_LPSM) < 2) {
                dev_dbg(hub->intfdev, "enabling power on all ports\n");
                for (port1 = 1; port1 <= hub->descriptor->bNbrPorts; port1++)
                        set_port_feature(hub->hdev, port1,
        struct usb_device *hdev = hub->hdev;
        struct device *hub_dev = hub->intfdev;
        u16 hubstatus, hubchange;
+       u16 wHubCharacteristics;
        unsigned int pipe;
        int maxp, ret;
        char *message;
        dev_info (hub_dev, "%d port%s detected\n", hdev->maxchild,
                (hdev->maxchild == 1) ? "" : "s");
 
-       le16_to_cpus(&hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics);
+       wHubCharacteristics = le16_to_cpu(hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics);
 
-       if (hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_COMPOUND) {
+       if (wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_COMPOUND) {
                int     i;
                char    portstr [USB_MAXCHILDREN + 1];
 
        } else
                dev_dbg(hub_dev, "standalone hub\n");
 
-       switch (hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_LPSM) {
+       switch (wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_LPSM) {
                case 0x00:
                        dev_dbg(hub_dev, "ganged power switching\n");
                        break;
                        break;
        }
 
-       switch (hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_OCPM) {
+       switch (wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_OCPM) {
                case 0x00:
                        dev_dbg(hub_dev, "global over-current protection\n");
                        break;
        }
 
        /* Note 8 FS bit times == (8 bits / 12000000 bps) ~= 666ns */
-       switch (hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_TTTT) {
+       switch (wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_TTTT) {
                case HUB_TTTT_8_BITS:
                        if (hdev->descriptor.bDeviceProtocol != 0) {
                                hub->tt.think_time = 666;
        }
 
        /* probe() zeroes hub->indicator[] */
-       if (hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_PORTIND) {
+       if (wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_PORTIND) {
                hub->has_indicators = 1;
                dev_dbg(hub_dev, "Port indicators are supported\n");
        }
                        (hubstatus & HUB_STATUS_LOCAL_POWER)
                        ? "lost (inactive)" : "good");
 
-       if ((hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_OCPM) == 0)
+       if ((wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_OCPM) == 0)
                dev_dbg(hub_dev, "%sover-current condition exists\n",
                        (hubstatus & HUB_STATUS_OVERCURRENT) ? "" : "no ");
 
 {
        struct usb_device *hdev = hub->hdev;
        struct device *hub_dev = hub->intfdev;
+       u16 wHubCharacteristics = le16_to_cpu(hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics);
        int status, i;
  
        dev_dbg (hub_dev,
        if (!(portstatus & USB_PORT_STAT_CONNECTION)) {
 
                /* maybe switch power back on (e.g. root hub was reset) */
-               if ((hub->descriptor->wHubCharacteristics
-                                       & HUB_CHAR_LPSM) < 2
+               if ((wHubCharacteristics & HUB_CHAR_LPSM) < 2
                                && !(portstatus & (1 << USB_PORT_FEAT_POWER)))
                        set_port_feature(hdev, port1, USB_PORT_FEAT_POWER);