diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_1032.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_1032.c
index 35b75f0c9200b9d946d8964fe2af6f8950f31cef..81a246fbcc01f956a43c944d826eff6e522565ee 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_1032.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/addi_apci_1032.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ static irqreturn_t apci1032_interrupt(int irq, void *d)
 	struct apci1032_private *devpriv = dev->private;
 	struct comedi_subdevice *s = dev->read_subdev;
 	unsigned int ctrl;
+	unsigned short val;
 
 	/* check interrupt is from this device */
 	if ((inl(devpriv->amcc_iobase + AMCC_OP_REG_INTCSR) &
@@ -275,7 +276,8 @@ static irqreturn_t apci1032_interrupt(int irq, void *d)
 	outl(ctrl & ~APCI1032_CTRL_INT_ENA, dev->iobase + APCI1032_CTRL_REG);
 
 	s->state = inl(dev->iobase + APCI1032_STATUS_REG) & 0xffff;
-	comedi_buf_write_samples(s, &s->state, 1);
+	val = s->state;
+	comedi_buf_write_samples(s, &val, 1);
 	comedi_handle_events(dev, s);
 
 	/* enable the interrupt */