diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c
index b60a2730f0a8..092a1caa1208 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ static ssize_t smtcfb_write(struct fb_info *info, const char __user *buf,
 		count = total_size - p;
 	}
 
-	buffer = kmalloc((count > PAGE_SIZE) ? PAGE_SIZE : count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buffer)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1137,24 +1137,11 @@ static ssize_t smtcfb_write(struct fb_info *info, const char __user *buf,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		for (i = c >> 2; i--;) {
-			fb_writel(big_swap(*src), dst++);
+		for (i = (c + 3) >> 2; i--;) {
+			fb_writel(big_swap(*src), dst);
+			dst++;
 			src++;
 		}
-		if (c & 3) {
-			u8 *src8 = (u8 *)src;
-			u8 __iomem *dst8 = (u8 __iomem *)dst;
-
-			for (i = c & 3; i--;) {
-				if (i & 1) {
-					fb_writeb(*src8++, ++dst8);
-				} else {
-					fb_writeb(*src8++, --dst8);
-					dst8 += 2;
-				}
-			}
-			dst = (u32 __iomem *)dst8;
-		}
 
 		*ppos += c;
 		buf += c;