diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda10071.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda10071.c
index 097c42d3f8c2..df0c7243eafe 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda10071.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/tda10071.c
@@ -483,10 +483,11 @@ static int tda10071_read_status(struct dvb_frontend *fe, enum fe_status *status)
 			goto error;
 
 		if (dev->delivery_system == SYS_DVBS) {
-			dev->dvbv3_ber = buf[0] << 24 | buf[1] << 16 |
-					 buf[2] << 8 | buf[3] << 0;
-			dev->post_bit_error += buf[0] << 24 | buf[1] << 16 |
-					       buf[2] << 8 | buf[3] << 0;
+			u32 bit_error = buf[0] << 24 | buf[1] << 16 |
+					buf[2] << 8 | buf[3] << 0;
+
+			dev->dvbv3_ber = bit_error;
+			dev->post_bit_error += bit_error;
 			c->post_bit_error.stat[0].scale = FE_SCALE_COUNTER;
 			c->post_bit_error.stat[0].uvalue = dev->post_bit_error;
 			dev->block_error += buf[4] << 8 | buf[5] << 0;