adapter->fwcapinfo = le32_to_cpu(hwspec->fwcapinfo);
 
-       adapter->fwreleasenumber = le32_to_cpu(hwspec->fwreleasenumber);
+       memcpy(adapter->fwreleasenumber, hwspec->fwreleasenumber, 4);
 
-       lbs_deb_cmd("GET_HW_SPEC: FWReleaseVersion- 0x%X\n",
-              adapter->fwreleasenumber);
+       lbs_deb_cmd("GET_HW_SPEC: FWReleaseVersion- %u.%u.%u.p%u\n",
+                   adapter->fwreleasenumber[2], adapter->fwreleasenumber[1],
+                   adapter->fwreleasenumber[0], adapter->fwreleasenumber[3]);
        lbs_deb_cmd("GET_HW_SPEC: Permanent addr- %2x:%2x:%2x:%2x:%2x:%2x\n",
               hwspec->permanentaddr[0], hwspec->permanentaddr[1],
               hwspec->permanentaddr[2], hwspec->permanentaddr[3],
 
        /* Number of antenna used */
        __le16 nr_antenna;
 
-       /* FW release number, example 0x1234=1.2.3.4 */
-       __le32 fwreleasenumber;
+       /* FW release number, example 1,2,3,4 = 3.2.1p4 */
+       u8 fwreleasenumber[4];
 
        /* Base Address of TxPD queue */
        __le32 wcb_base;
 
 
 void libertas_get_fwversion(wlan_adapter * adapter, char *fwversion, int maxlen)
 {
-       union {
-               u32 l;
-               u8 c[4];
-       } ver;
        char fwver[32];
 
        mutex_lock(&adapter->lock);
-       ver.l = adapter->fwreleasenumber;
-       mutex_unlock(&adapter->lock);
 
-       if (ver.c[3] == 0)
-               sprintf(fwver, "%u.%u.%u", ver.c[2], ver.c[1], ver.c[0]);
+       if (adapter->fwreleasenumber[3] == 0)
+               sprintf(fwver, "%u.%u.%u",
+                       adapter->fwreleasenumber[2],
+                       adapter->fwreleasenumber[1],
+                       adapter->fwreleasenumber[0]);
        else
                sprintf(fwver, "%u.%u.%u.p%u",
-                       ver.c[2], ver.c[1], ver.c[0], ver.c[3]);
+                       adapter->fwreleasenumber[2],
+                       adapter->fwreleasenumber[1],
+                       adapter->fwreleasenumber[0],
+                       adapter->fwreleasenumber[3]);
 
+       mutex_unlock(&adapter->lock);
        snprintf(fwversion, maxlen, fwver);
 }