diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c
index 27713399c318..13182a69eec9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ mt7996_mcu_parse_response(struct mt76_dev *mdev, int cmd,
 		event = (struct mt7996_mcu_uni_event *)skb->data;
 		ret = le32_to_cpu(event->status);
 		/* skip invalid event */
-		if (mcu_cmd != event->cid)
+		if (mcu_cmd != le16_to_cpu(event->cid))
 			ret = -EAGAIN;
 	} else {
 		skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct mt7996_mcu_rxd));
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.h
index 905dafccc316..39df13679779 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.h
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ struct mt7996_mcu_rxd {
 };
 
 struct mt7996_mcu_uni_event {
-	u8 cid;
-	u8 __rsv[3];
+	__le16 cid;
+	u8 __rsv[2];
 	__le32 status; /* 0: success, others: fail */
 } __packed;