diff --git a/board/eltec/elppc/misc.c b/board/eltec/elppc/misc.c
index 89f1b1d3559ba9d4c6cd988d510917d574dd067b..4c3656e24dcce3a141a764fb9bb014eb07867388 100644
--- a/board/eltec/elppc/misc.c
+++ b/board/eltec/elppc/misc.c
@@ -207,9 +207,14 @@ int misc_init_r (void)
 		buf[4] = eerev.etheraddr[5];
 		buf[5] = eerev.etheraddr[4];
 
-		*(unsigned short *) &buf[20] = 0x48B2;
-		*(unsigned short *) &buf[22] = 0x0004;
-		*(unsigned short *) &buf[24] = 0x1433;
+		buf[20] = 0x48;
+		buf[21] = 0xB2;
+
+		buf[22] = 0x00;
+		buf[23] = 0x04;
+
+		buf[24] = 0x14;
+		buf[25] = 0x33;
 
 		printf ("\nSRom:  Writing i82559 info ........ ");
 		if (eepro100_srom_store ((unsigned short *) buf) == -1)