diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_eeprom.h b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_eeprom.h
index 9f8a9c070339..fb591a764dac 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_eeprom.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_eeprom.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct eeprom_priv {
 	u8		bautoload_fail_flag;
 	u8		bloadfile_fail_flag;
 	u8		bloadmac_fail_flag;
-	u8		mac_addr[6];	/* PermanentAddress */
+	u8		mac_addr[6] __aligned(2); /* PermanentAddress */
 	u16		channel_plan;
 	u8		EepromOrEfuse;
 	u8		efuse_eeprom_data[HWSET_MAX_SIZE_512] __aligned(4);