diff --git a/drivers/usb/eth/asix.c b/drivers/usb/eth/asix.c
index 9b012e4a66a2aaa3ddb7be1b87634ec3b11b95f0..2f116c0cb61fd18af28530bbc256037c69e7a60c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/eth/asix.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/eth/asix.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static inline int asix_get_phy_addr(struct ueth_data *dev)
 		debug("Error reading PHYID register: %02x\n", ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	debug("asix_get_phy_addr() returning 0x%04x\n", *((__le16 *)buf));
+	debug("asix_get_phy_addr() returning 0x%02x%02x\n", buf[0], buf[1]);
 	ret = buf[1];
 
 out: