enum { max_count = 4096 };
        struct wil_blob_wrapper *wil_blob = file->private_data;
        struct wil6210_priv *wil = wil_blob->wil;
-       loff_t pos = *ppos;
+       loff_t aligned_pos, pos = *ppos;
        size_t available = wil_blob->blob.size;
        void *buf;
-       size_t ret;
+       size_t unaligned_bytes, aligned_count, ret;
        int rc;
 
        if (test_bit(wil_status_suspending, wil_blob->wil->status) ||
        if (count > max_count)
                count = max_count;
 
-       buf = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+       /* set pos to 4 bytes aligned */
+       unaligned_bytes = pos % 4;
+       aligned_pos = pos - unaligned_bytes;
+       aligned_count = count + unaligned_bytes;
+
+       buf = kmalloc(aligned_count, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!buf)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        }
 
        wil_memcpy_fromio_32(buf, (const void __iomem *)
-                            wil_blob->blob.data + pos, count);
+                            wil_blob->blob.data + aligned_pos, aligned_count);
 
-       ret = copy_to_user(user_buf, buf, count);
+       ret = copy_to_user(user_buf, buf + unaligned_bytes, count);
 
        wil_pm_runtime_put(wil);