diff --git a/drivers/firmware/broadcom/bcm47xx_nvram.c b/drivers/firmware/broadcom/bcm47xx_nvram.c
index 0c2f0a61b0ea..0b631e5b5b84 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/broadcom/bcm47xx_nvram.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/broadcom/bcm47xx_nvram.c
@@ -94,15 +94,14 @@ static int nvram_find_and_copy(void __iomem *iobase, u32 lim)
 
 found:
 	__ioread32_copy(nvram_buf, header, sizeof(*header) / 4);
-	header = (struct nvram_header *)nvram_buf;
-	nvram_len = header->len;
+	nvram_len = ((struct nvram_header *)(nvram_buf))->len;
 	if (nvram_len > size) {
 		pr_err("The nvram size according to the header seems to be bigger than the partition on flash\n");
 		nvram_len = size;
 	}
 	if (nvram_len >= NVRAM_SPACE) {
 		pr_err("nvram on flash (%i bytes) is bigger than the reserved space in memory, will just copy the first %i bytes\n",
-		       header->len, NVRAM_SPACE - 1);
+		       nvram_len, NVRAM_SPACE - 1);
 		nvram_len = NVRAM_SPACE - 1;
 	}
 	/* proceed reading data after header */