diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 6f0880ec89da..3bbb216a0fc8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -5819,7 +5819,7 @@ static void ieee80211_ml_reconfiguration(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		 */
 		if (control &
 		    IEEE80211_MLE_STA_RECONF_CONTROL_AP_REM_TIMER_PRESENT)
-			link_removal_timeout[link_id] = le16_to_cpu(*(__le16 *)pos);
+			link_removal_timeout[link_id] = get_unaligned_le16(pos);
 	}
 
 	removed_links &= sdata->vif.valid_links;