diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nvidia-gpu.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nvidia-gpu.c
index f480105000b85..f9a69b109e5cf 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nvidia-gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nvidia-gpu.c
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ static int gpu_i2c_read(struct gpu_i2c_dev *i2cd, u8 *data, u16 len)
 		put_unaligned_be16(val, data);
 		break;
 	case 3:
-		put_unaligned_be16(val >> 8, data);
-		data[2] = val;
+		put_unaligned_be24(val, data);
 		break;
 	case 4:
 		put_unaligned_be32(val, data);