diff --git a/common/cmd_itest.c b/common/cmd_itest.c
index 5b301bf..58c5e7b 100644
--- a/common/cmd_itest.c
+++ b/common/cmd_itest.c
@@ -66,12 +66,17 @@
 
 static long evalexp(char *s, int w)
 {
-	long l, *p;
+	long l = 0;
+	long *p;
 
 	/* if the parameter starts with a * then assume is a pointer to the value we want */
 	if (s[0] == '*') {
 		p = (long *)simple_strtoul(&s[1], NULL, 16);
-		l = *p;
+		switch (w) {
+		case 1: return((long)(*(unsigned char *)p));
+		case 2: return((long)(*(unsigned short *)p));
+		case 4: return(*p);
+		}
 	} else {
 		l = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 16);
 	}