diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c
index 96002121bb8b..9fa38221c431 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c
@@ -3119,6 +3119,7 @@ il_enqueue_hcmd(struct il_priv *il, struct il_host_cmd *cmd)
 	struct il_cmd_meta *out_meta;
 	dma_addr_t phys_addr;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	u8 *out_payload;
 	u32 idx;
 	u16 fix_size;
 
@@ -3154,6 +3155,16 @@ il_enqueue_hcmd(struct il_priv *il, struct il_host_cmd *cmd)
 	out_cmd = txq->cmd[idx];
 	out_meta = &txq->meta[idx];
 
+	/* The payload is in the same place in regular and huge
+	 * command buffers, but we need to let the compiler know when
+	 * we're using a larger payload buffer to avoid "field-
+	 * spanning write" warnings at run-time for huge commands.
+	 */
+	if (cmd->flags & CMD_SIZE_HUGE)
+		out_payload = ((struct il_device_cmd_huge *)out_cmd)->cmd.payload;
+	else
+		out_payload = out_cmd->cmd.payload;
+
 	if (WARN_ON(out_meta->flags & CMD_MAPPED)) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&il->hcmd_lock, flags);
 		return -ENOSPC;
@@ -3167,7 +3178,7 @@ il_enqueue_hcmd(struct il_priv *il, struct il_host_cmd *cmd)
 		out_meta->callback = cmd->callback;
 
 	out_cmd->hdr.cmd = cmd->id;
-	memcpy(&out_cmd->cmd.payload, cmd->data, cmd->len);
+	memcpy(out_payload, cmd->data, cmd->len);
 
 	/* At this point, the out_cmd now has all of the incoming cmd
 	 * information */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.h
index 69687fcf963f..027dae5619a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.h
@@ -560,6 +560,18 @@ struct il_device_cmd {
 
 #define TFD_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE (sizeof(struct il_device_cmd))
 
+/**
+ * struct il_device_cmd_huge
+ *
+ * For use when sending huge commands.
+ */
+struct il_device_cmd_huge {
+	struct il_cmd_header hdr;	/* uCode API */
+	union {
+		u8 payload[IL_MAX_CMD_SIZE - sizeof(struct il_cmd_header)];
+	} __packed cmd;
+} __packed;
+
 struct il_host_cmd {
 	const void *data;
 	unsigned long reply_page;