diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
index e08ef100d9d0..5bba968da25b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ static inline u16 auth_parse(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 **challenge, int *chlen)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return cpu_to_le16(a->status);
+	return le16_to_cpu(a->status);
 
 }