diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
index 932060c3bdc2..3a29072dc622 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
@@ -962,11 +962,13 @@ static u16 ocp_read_word(struct r8152 *tp, u16 type, u16 index)
 {
 	u32 data;
 	__le32 tmp;
+	u16 byen = BYTE_EN_WORD;
 	u8 shift = index & 2;
 
 	index &= ~3;
+	byen <<= shift;
 
-	generic_ocp_read(tp, index, sizeof(tmp), &tmp, type);
+	generic_ocp_read(tp, index, sizeof(tmp), &tmp, type | byen);
 
 	data = __le32_to_cpu(tmp);
 	data >>= (shift * 8);