diff --git a/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_mac.c b/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_mac.c
index 8d8bc8bbabf3..d1847c1614b4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/et131x/et1310_mac.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ void et1310_handle_macstat_interrupt(struct et131x_adapter *etdev)
 	carry_reg1 = readl(&etdev->regs->macstat.carry_reg1);
 	carry_reg2 = readl(&etdev->regs->macstat.carry_reg2);
 
-	writel(carry_reg2, &etdev->regs->macstat.carry_reg1);
+	writel(carry_reg1, &etdev->regs->macstat.carry_reg1);
 	writel(carry_reg2, &etdev->regs->macstat.carry_reg2);
 
 	/* We need to do update the host copy of all the MAC_STAT counters.