diff --git a/arch/m68k/coldfire/m528x.c b/arch/m68k/coldfire/m528x.c
index 3383b1ba106a..f9874bba9e45 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/coldfire/m528x.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/coldfire/m528x.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void wildfiremod_halt(void)
 	printk(KERN_INFO "WildFireMod hibernating...\n");
 
 	/* Set portE.5 to Digital IO */
-	mcf_write16(read16(MCFGPIO_PEPAR) & ~(1 << (5 * 2)), MCFGPIO_PEPAR);
+	mcf_write16(mcf_read16(MCFGPIO_PEPAR) & ~(1 << (5 * 2)), MCFGPIO_PEPAR);
 
 	/* Make portE.5 an output */
 	mcf_write8(mcf_read8(MCFGPIO_PDDR_E) | (1 << 5), MCFGPIO_PDDR_E);