* Read line control via vendor command and return result through
  * *line_state_p
  */
-/* It seems that the status buffer has always only 2 bytes length */
-#define KLSI_STATUSBUF_LEN     2
 static int klsi_105_get_line_state(struct usb_serial_port *port,
                                   unsigned long *line_state_p)
 {
+       u16 status;
        int rc;
-       u8 status_buf[KLSI_STATUSBUF_LEN];
-       __u16 status;
 
        rc = usb_control_msg_recv(port->serial->dev, 0,
                                  KL5KUSB105A_SIO_POLL,
                                  USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_DIR_IN,
                                  0, /* value */
                                  0, /* index */
-                                 status_buf, KLSI_STATUSBUF_LEN,
+                                 &status, sizeof(status),
                                  10000,
                                  GFP_KERNEL);
        if (rc) {
                return rc;
        }
 
-       status = get_unaligned_le16(status_buf);
+       le16_to_cpus(&status);
 
-       dev_dbg(&port->dev, "read status %02x %02x\n",
-               status_buf[0], status_buf[1]);
+       dev_dbg(&port->dev, "read status %04x\n", status);
 
        *line_state_p = klsi_105_status2linestate(status);