diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sun50i-cpufreq-nvmem.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sun50i-cpufreq-nvmem.c
index 17d6a149f580..6fdaff6f8375 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/sun50i-cpufreq-nvmem.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sun50i-cpufreq-nvmem.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static int sun50i_cpufreq_get_efuse(void)
 	struct nvmem_cell *speedbin_nvmem;
 	const struct of_device_id *match;
 	struct device *cpu_dev;
-	u32 *speedbin;
+	u16 *speedbin;
 	int ret;
 
 	cpu_dev = get_cpu_device(0);