diff --git a/board/ti/common/board_detect.c b/board/ti/common/board_detect.c
index 9a53884c98..17fe8f8069 100644
--- a/board/ti/common/board_detect.c
+++ b/board/ti/common/board_detect.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int __maybe_unused ti_i2c_eeprom_get(int bus_addr, int dev_addr,
 
 	rc = dm_i2c_read(dev, 0x1, &offset_test, sizeof(offset_test));
 
-	if (*((u32 *)ep) != (header & 0xFF))
+	if (offset_test != ((header >> 8) & 0xFF))
 		one_byte_addressing = false;
 
 	/* Corrupted data??? */