diff --git a/drivers/net/atarilance.c b/drivers/net/atarilance.c
index ad011214c7f2..e01b6a78ec63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atarilance.c
+++ b/drivers/net/atarilance.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ struct lance_private {
 #define	MEM		lp->mem
 #define	DREG	IO->data
 #define	AREG	IO->addr
-#define	REGA(a)	( AREG = (a), DREG )
+#define	REGA(a)	(*( AREG = (a), &DREG ))
 
 /* Definitions for packet buffer access: */
 #define PKT_BUF_SZ		1544
diff --git a/drivers/net/sun3lance.c b/drivers/net/sun3lance.c
index 1f43bbfbc1c7..5c8fcd40ef4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sun3lance.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sun3lance.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct lance_private {
 #define	MEM	lp->mem
 #define	DREG	lp->iobase[0]
 #define	AREG	lp->iobase[1]
-#define	REGA(a)	( AREG = (a), DREG )
+#define	REGA(a)	(*( AREG = (a), &DREG ))
 
 /* Definitions for the Lance */