diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index 7e476f50935b8bd86a3fdecd167aae099239dd27..6022875bc4a7e39e2a82b963ba42e93874c66d04 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -10926,20 +10926,20 @@ mpt3sas_scsih_event_callback(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u8 msix_index,
 	case MPI2_EVENT_LOG_ENTRY_ADDED:
 	{
 		Mpi2EventDataLogEntryAdded_t *log_entry;
-		u32 *log_code;
+		u32 log_code;
 
 		if (!ioc->is_warpdrive)
 			break;
 
 		log_entry = (Mpi2EventDataLogEntryAdded_t *)
 		    mpi_reply->EventData;
-		log_code = (u32 *)log_entry->LogData;
+		log_code = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)log_entry->LogData);
 
 		if (le16_to_cpu(log_entry->LogEntryQualifier)
 		    != MPT2_WARPDRIVE_LOGENTRY)
 			break;
 
-		switch (le32_to_cpu(*log_code)) {
+		switch (log_code) {
 		case MPT2_WARPDRIVE_LC_SSDT:
 			ioc_warn(ioc, "WarpDrive Warning: IO Throttling has occurred in the WarpDrive subsystem. Check WarpDrive documentation for additional details.\n");
 			break;