static inline u32 wl1251_read32(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr)
 {
-       u32 response;
-
-       wl->if_ops->read(wl, addr, &response, sizeof(u32));
+       wl->if_ops->read(wl, addr, &wl->buffer_32, sizeof(wl->buffer_32));
 
-       return response;
+       return le32_to_cpu(wl->buffer_32);
 }
 
 static inline void wl1251_write32(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, u32 val)
 {
-       wl->if_ops->write(wl, addr, &val, sizeof(u32));
+       wl->buffer_32 = cpu_to_le32(val);
+       wl->if_ops->write(wl, addr, &wl->buffer_32, sizeof(wl->buffer_32));
 }
 
 static inline u32 wl1251_read_elp(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr)
 
        struct wl1251_stats stats;
        struct wl1251_debugfs debugfs;
 
-       u32 buffer_32;
+       __le32 buffer_32;
        u32 buffer_cmd;
        u8 buffer_busyword[WL1251_BUSY_WORD_LEN];
        struct wl1251_rx_descriptor *rx_descriptor;