diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/al3010.c b/drivers/iio/light/al3010.c
index 0932fa2b49fa..6af7b5f14a31 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/al3010.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/al3010.c
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ static int al3010_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 			   int *val2, long mask)
 {
 	struct al3010_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	int ret, gain, raw;
+	int ret, gain;
+	__le16 raw;
 
 	switch (mask) {
 	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW:
@@ -120,11 +121,12 @@ static int al3010_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		 * - low byte of output is stored at AL3010_REG_DATA_LOW
 		 * - high byte of output is stored at AL3010_REG_DATA_LOW + 1
 		 */
-		ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, AL3010_REG_DATA_LOW, &raw);
+		ret = regmap_bulk_read(data->regmap, AL3010_REG_DATA_LOW,
+				       &raw, sizeof(raw));
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		*val = raw;
+		*val = le16_to_cpu(raw);
 
 		return IIO_VAL_INT;
 	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE: