ioread32_rep(ap->ioaddr.data_addr, buf, buflen >> 2);
 
                if (unlikely(slop)) {
-                       u32 pad;
+                       __le32 pad = 0;
                        if (write_data) {
                                memcpy(&pad, buf + buflen - slop, slop);
-                               pad = le32_to_cpu(pad);
-                               iowrite32(pad, ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
+                               iowrite32(le32_to_cpu(pad), ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
                        } else {
-                               pad = ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
-                               pad = cpu_to_le16(pad);
+                               pad = cpu_to_le32(ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr));
                                memcpy(buf + buflen - slop, &pad, slop);
                        }
                }
 
                        ioread32_rep(ap->ioaddr.data_addr, buf, buflen >> 2);
 
                if (unlikely(slop)) {
-                       u32 pad;
+                       __le32 pad = 0;
                        if (write_data) {
                                memcpy(&pad, buf + buflen - slop, slop);
-                               pad = le32_to_cpu(pad);
-                               iowrite32(pad, ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
+                               iowrite32(le32_to_cpu(pad), ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
                        } else {
-                               pad = ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
-                               pad = cpu_to_le32(pad);
+                               pad = cpu_to_le32(ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr));
                                memcpy(buf + buflen - slop, &pad, slop);
                        }
                }
 
                        ioread32_rep(ap->ioaddr.data_addr, buf, buflen >> 2);
 
                if (unlikely(slop)) {
-                       u32 pad;
+                       __le32 pad = 0;
                        if (write_data) {
                                memcpy(&pad, buf + buflen - slop, slop);
-                               pad = le32_to_cpu(pad);
-                               iowrite32(pad, ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
+                               iowrite32(le32_to_cpu(pad), ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
                        } else {
-                               pad = ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
-                               pad = cpu_to_le16(pad);
+                               pad = cpu_to_le32(ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr));
                                memcpy(buf + buflen - slop, &pad, slop);
                        }
                }