diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/sunxi_sid.c b/drivers/nvmem/sunxi_sid.c
index 75c1f48cb3d0..14c114620ed6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/sunxi_sid.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/sunxi_sid.c
@@ -46,33 +46,12 @@ struct sunxi_sid {
 	u32			value_offset;
 };
 
-/* We read the entire key, due to a 32 bit read alignment requirement. Since we
- * want to return the requested byte, this results in somewhat slower code and
- * uses 4 times more reads as needed but keeps code simpler. Since the SID is
- * only very rarely probed, this is not really an issue.
- */
-static u8 sunxi_sid_read_byte(const struct sunxi_sid *sid,
-			      const unsigned int offset)
-{
-	u32 sid_key;
-
-	sid_key = ioread32be(sid->base + round_down(offset, 4));
-	sid_key >>= (offset % 4) * 8;
-
-	return sid_key; /* Only return the last byte */
-}
-
 static int sunxi_sid_read(void *context, unsigned int offset,
 			  void *val, size_t bytes)
 {
 	struct sunxi_sid *sid = context;
-	u8 *buf = val;
 
-	/* Offset the read operation to the real position of SID */
-	offset += sid->value_offset;
-
-	while (bytes--)
-		*buf++ = sunxi_sid_read_byte(sid, offset++);
+	memcpy_fromio(val, sid->base + sid->value_offset + offset, bytes);
 
 	return 0;
 }