diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/u-boot-env.c b/drivers/nvmem/u-boot-env.c
index 111905189341..befbab156cda 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/u-boot-env.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/u-boot-env.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ static int u_boot_env_parse(struct u_boot_env *priv)
 	size_t crc32_data_offset;
 	size_t crc32_data_len;
 	size_t crc32_offset;
+	__le32 *crc32_addr;
 	size_t data_offset;
 	size_t data_len;
 	size_t dev_size;
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ static int u_boot_env_parse(struct u_boot_env *priv)
 
 	dev_size = nvmem_dev_size(nvmem);
 
-	buf = kcalloc(1, dev_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kzalloc(dev_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_out;
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ static int u_boot_env_parse(struct u_boot_env *priv)
 		data_offset = offsetof(struct u_boot_env_image_broadcom, data);
 		break;
 	}
-	crc32 = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)(buf + crc32_offset));
+	crc32_addr = (__le32 *)(buf + crc32_offset);
+	crc32 = le32_to_cpu(*crc32_addr);
 	crc32_data_len = dev_size - crc32_data_offset;
 	data_len = dev_size - data_offset;
 
@@ -188,8 +190,6 @@ static int u_boot_env_parse(struct u_boot_env *priv)
 
 	buf[dev_size - 1] = '\0';
 	err = u_boot_env_add_cells(priv, buf, data_offset, data_len);
-	if (err)
-		dev_err(dev, "Failed to add cells: %d\n", err);
 
 err_kfree:
 	kfree(buf);