struct bfa_bsg_debug_s *iocmd = (struct bfa_bsg_debug_s *)cmd;
        void    *iocmd_bufptr;
        unsigned long   flags;
+       u32 offset;
 
        if (bfad_chk_iocmd_sz(payload_len, sizeof(struct bfa_bsg_debug_s),
                        BFA_DEBUG_FW_CORE_CHUNK_SZ) != BFA_STATUS_OK) {
 
        iocmd_bufptr = (char *)iocmd + sizeof(struct bfa_bsg_debug_s);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&bfad->bfad_lock, flags);
+       offset = iocmd->offset;
        iocmd->status = bfa_ioc_debug_fwcore(&bfad->bfa.ioc, iocmd_bufptr,
-                               (u32 *)&iocmd->offset, &iocmd->bufsz);
+                               &offset, &iocmd->bufsz);
+       iocmd->offset = offset;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bfad->bfad_lock, flags);
 out:
        return 0;