diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/imx-ocotp-ele.c b/drivers/nvmem/imx-ocotp-ele.c
index 857b6aa52e8c..dfc925edfc83 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/imx-ocotp-ele.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/imx-ocotp-ele.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int imx_ele_ocotp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv->config.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	priv->config.size = priv->data->size;
 	priv->config.reg_read = priv->data->reg_read;
-	priv->config.word_size = 4;
+	priv->config.word_size = 1;
 	priv->config.stride = 1;
 	priv->config.priv = priv;
 	priv->config.read_only = true;