{
        struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
        struct rtl_efuse *rtlefuse = rtl_efuse(rtl_priv(hw));
-       u8 efuse_tbl[HWSET_MAX_SIZE];
+       u8 *efuse_tbl;
        u8 rtemp8[1];
        u16 efuse_addr = 0;
        u8 offset, wren;
                rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_MAX_SECTION_MAP];
        const u32 efuse_len =
                rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_REAL_CONTENT_SIZE];
-       u16 efuse_word[EFUSE_MAX_SECTION][EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT];
+       u16 **efuse_word;
        u16 efuse_utilized = 0;
        u8 efuse_usage;
 
                return;
        }
 
+       /* allocate memory for efuse_tbl and efuse_word */
+       efuse_tbl = kmalloc(rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_HWSET_MAX_SIZE] *
+                           sizeof(u8), GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!efuse_tbl)
+               return;
+       efuse_word = kmalloc(EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT * sizeof(u16 *), GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (!efuse_word)
+               goto done;
+       for (i = 0; i < EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT; i++) {
+               efuse_word[i] = kmalloc(efuse_max_section * sizeof(u16),
+                                       GFP_ATOMIC);
+               if (!efuse_word[i])
+                       goto done;
+       }
+
        for (i = 0; i < efuse_max_section; i++)
                for (j = 0; j < EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT; j++)
-                       efuse_word[i][j] = 0xFFFF;
+                       efuse_word[j][i] = 0xFFFF;
 
        read_efuse_byte(hw, efuse_addr, rtemp8);
        if (*rtemp8 != 0xFF) {
                                        read_efuse_byte(hw, efuse_addr, rtemp8);
                                        efuse_addr++;
                                        efuse_utilized++;
-                                       efuse_word[offset][i] = (*rtemp8 & 0xff);
+                                       efuse_word[i][offset] =
+                                                        (*rtemp8 & 0xff);
 
                                        if (efuse_addr >= efuse_len)
                                                break;
                                        read_efuse_byte(hw, efuse_addr, rtemp8);
                                        efuse_addr++;
                                        efuse_utilized++;
-                                       efuse_word[offset][i] |=
+                                       efuse_word[i][offset] |=
                                            (((u16)*rtemp8 << 8) & 0xff00);
 
                                        if (efuse_addr >= efuse_len)
        for (i = 0; i < efuse_max_section; i++) {
                for (j = 0; j < EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT; j++) {
                        efuse_tbl[(i * 8) + (j * 2)] =
-                           (efuse_word[i][j] & 0xff);
+                           (efuse_word[j][i] & 0xff);
                        efuse_tbl[(i * 8) + ((j * 2) + 1)] =
-                           ((efuse_word[i][j] >> 8) & 0xff);
+                           ((efuse_word[j][i] >> 8) & 0xff);
                }
        }
 
                                      (u8 *)&efuse_utilized);
        rtlpriv->cfg->ops->set_hw_reg(hw, HW_VAR_EFUSE_USAGE,
                                      (u8 *)&efuse_usage);
+done:
+       for (i = 0; i < EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT; i++)
+               kfree(efuse_word[i]);
+       kfree(efuse_word);
+       kfree(efuse_tbl);
 }
 
 bool efuse_shadow_update_chk(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)