diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/efuse.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/efuse.c
index 510d42edb8ca..50de6f5d8a56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/efuse.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/efuse.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void read_efuse(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 _offset, u16 _size_byte, u8 *pbuf)
 {
 	struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
 	struct rtl_efuse *rtlefuse = rtl_efuse(rtl_priv(hw));
-	u8 efuse_tbl[HWSET_MAX_SIZE];
+	u8 *efuse_tbl;
 	u8 rtemp8[1];
 	u16 efuse_addr = 0;
 	u8 offset, wren;
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void read_efuse(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 _offset, u16 _size_byte, u8 *pbuf)
 		rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_MAX_SECTION_MAP];
 	const u32 efuse_len =
 		rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_REAL_CONTENT_SIZE];
-	u16 efuse_word[EFUSE_MAX_SECTION][EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT];
+	u16 **efuse_word;
 	u16 efuse_utilized = 0;
 	u8 efuse_usage;
 
@@ -256,9 +256,24 @@ void read_efuse(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 _offset, u16 _size_byte, u8 *pbuf)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* allocate memory for efuse_tbl and efuse_word */
+	efuse_tbl = kmalloc(rtlpriv->cfg->maps[EFUSE_HWSET_MAX_SIZE] *
+			    sizeof(u8), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!efuse_tbl)
+		return;
+	efuse_word = kmalloc(EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT * sizeof(u16 *), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!efuse_word)
+		goto done;
+	for (i = 0; i < EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT; i++) {
+		efuse_word[i] = kmalloc(efuse_max_section * sizeof(u16),
+					GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!efuse_word[i])
+			goto done;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < efuse_max_section; i++)
 		for (j = 0; j < EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT; j++)
-			efuse_word[i][j] = 0xFFFF;
+			efuse_word[j][i] = 0xFFFF;
 
 	read_efuse_byte(hw, efuse_addr, rtemp8);
 	if (*rtemp8 != 0xFF) {
@@ -285,7 +300,8 @@ void read_efuse(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 _offset, u16 _size_byte, u8 *pbuf)
 					read_efuse_byte(hw, efuse_addr, rtemp8);
 					efuse_addr++;
 					efuse_utilized++;
-					efuse_word[offset][i] = (*rtemp8 & 0xff);
+					efuse_word[i][offset] =
+							 (*rtemp8 & 0xff);
 
 					if (efuse_addr >= efuse_len)
 						break;
@@ -297,7 +313,7 @@ void read_efuse(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 _offset, u16 _size_byte, u8 *pbuf)
 					read_efuse_byte(hw, efuse_addr, rtemp8);
 					efuse_addr++;
 					efuse_utilized++;
-					efuse_word[offset][i] |=
+					efuse_word[i][offset] |=
 					    (((u16)*rtemp8 << 8) & 0xff00);
 
 					if (efuse_addr >= efuse_len)
@@ -320,9 +336,9 @@ void read_efuse(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 _offset, u16 _size_byte, u8 *pbuf)
 	for (i = 0; i < efuse_max_section; i++) {
 		for (j = 0; j < EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT; j++) {
 			efuse_tbl[(i * 8) + (j * 2)] =
-			    (efuse_word[i][j] & 0xff);
+			    (efuse_word[j][i] & 0xff);
 			efuse_tbl[(i * 8) + ((j * 2) + 1)] =
-			    ((efuse_word[i][j] >> 8) & 0xff);
+			    ((efuse_word[j][i] >> 8) & 0xff);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -336,6 +352,11 @@ void read_efuse(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 _offset, u16 _size_byte, u8 *pbuf)
 				      (u8 *)&efuse_utilized);
 	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->set_hw_reg(hw, HW_VAR_EFUSE_USAGE,
 				      (u8 *)&efuse_usage);
+done:
+	for (i = 0; i < EFUSE_MAX_WORD_UNIT; i++)
+		kfree(efuse_word[i]);
+	kfree(efuse_word);
+	kfree(efuse_tbl);
 }
 
 bool efuse_shadow_update_chk(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)