--- /dev/null
+--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
+@@ -909,9 +909,9 @@ static void bgmac_chip_reset(struct bgma
+ u8 et_swtype = 0;
+ u8 sw_type = BGMAC_CHIPCTL_1_SW_TYPE_EPHY |
+ BGMAC_CHIPCTL_1_IF_TYPE_MII;
+- char buf[2];
++ char buf[4];
+
+- if (bcm47xx_nvram_getenv("et_swtype", buf, 1) > 0) {
++ if (bcm47xx_nvram_getenv("et_swtype", buf, sizeof(buf)) > 0) {
+ if (kstrtou8(buf, 0, &et_swtype))
+ bgmac_err(bgmac, "Failed to parse et_swtype (%s)\n",
+ buf);