diff --git a/Marlin/ConfigurationStore.cpp b/Marlin/ConfigurationStore.cpp
index 99be2f10a4..47f80802f1 100644
--- a/Marlin/ConfigurationStore.cpp
+++ b/Marlin/ConfigurationStore.cpp
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ void _EEPROM_writeData(int &pos, uint8_t* value, uint8_t size) {
   uint8_t c;
   while(size--) {
     eeprom_write_byte((unsigned char*)pos, *value);
-    *c = eeprom_read_byte((unsigned char*)pos);
-    if (*c != *value) {
+    c = eeprom_read_byte((unsigned char*)pos);
+    if (c != *value) {
       SERIAL_ECHO_START;
       SERIAL_ECHOLNPGM(MSG_ERR_EEPROM_WRITE);
     }