diff --git a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
index 9c13b1b2663..923879acae4 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
@@ -4641,7 +4641,7 @@ s32 ixgbe_host_interface_command(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u32 *buffer,
 	/* first pull in the header so we know the buffer length */
 	for (bi = 0; bi < dword_len; bi++) {
 		buffer[bi] = IXGBE_READ_REG_ARRAY(hw, IXGBE_FLEX_MNG, bi);
-		IXGBE_LE32_TO_CPUS((uintptr_t)&buffer[bi]);
+		IXGBE_LE32_TO_CPUS(&buffer[bi]);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -4677,7 +4677,7 @@ s32 ixgbe_host_interface_command(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u32 *buffer,
 	/* Pull in the rest of the buffer (bi is where we left off) */
 	for (; bi <= dword_len; bi++) {
 		buffer[bi] = IXGBE_READ_REG_ARRAY(hw, IXGBE_FLEX_MNG, bi);
-		IXGBE_LE32_TO_CPUS((uintptr_t)&buffer[bi]);
+		IXGBE_LE32_TO_CPUS(&buffer[bi]);
 	}
 
 rel_out:
diff --git a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_osdep.h b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_osdep.h
index 5e211e6283e..48210e448c6 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_osdep.h
+++ b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_osdep.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ enum {
 #define IXGBE_CPU_TO_LE16 htole16
 #define IXGBE_CPU_TO_LE32 htole32
 #define IXGBE_LE32_TO_CPU le32toh
-#define IXGBE_LE32_TO_CPUS(x)
+#define IXGBE_LE32_TO_CPUS(x) *(x) = le32dec(x)
 #define IXGBE_CPU_TO_BE16 htobe16
 #define IXGBE_CPU_TO_BE32 htobe32
 #define IXGBE_BE32_TO_CPU be32toh