diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c b/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
index fe7cc8e..bc037ff 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 			iowrite32_rep(ap->ioaddr.data_addr, buf, buflen >> 2);
 
 		if (unlikely(slop)) {
-			u32 pad;
+			__le32 pad;
 			if (rw == READ) {
 				pad = cpu_to_le32(ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr));
 				memcpy(buf + buflen - slop, &pad, slop);
@@ -746,14 +746,12 @@
 			ioread32_rep(ap->ioaddr.data_addr, buf, buflen >> 2);
 
 		if (unlikely(slop)) {
-			u32 pad;
+			__le32 pad;
 			if (rw == WRITE) {
 				memcpy(&pad, buf + buflen - slop, slop);
-				pad = le32_to_cpu(pad);
-				iowrite32(pad, ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
+				iowrite32(le32_to_cpu(pad), ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
 			} else {
-				pad = ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr);
-				pad = cpu_to_le32(pad);
+				pad = cpu_to_le32(ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr));
 				memcpy(buf + buflen - slop, &pad, slop);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_qdi.c b/drivers/ata/pata_qdi.c
index 97e5b09..63b7a1c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_qdi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_qdi.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 			iowrite32_rep(ap->ioaddr.data_addr, buf, buflen >> 2);
 
 		if (unlikely(slop)) {
-			u32 pad;
+			__le32 pad;
 			if (rw == READ) {
 				pad = cpu_to_le32(ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr));
 				memcpy(buf + buflen - slop, &pad, slop);
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_winbond.c b/drivers/ata/pata_winbond.c
index 474528f..a7606b0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_winbond.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_winbond.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 			iowrite32_rep(ap->ioaddr.data_addr, buf, buflen >> 2);
 
 		if (unlikely(slop)) {
-			u32 pad;
+			__le32 pad;
 			if (rw == READ) {
 				pad = cpu_to_le32(ioread32(ap->ioaddr.data_addr));
 				memcpy(buf + buflen - slop, &pad, slop);