2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tmk_core/common/action.c b/tmk_core/common/action.c
index aae5cbfa5..f41665b06 100644
--- a/tmk_core/common/action.c
+++ b/tmk_core/common/action.c
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ void process_hand_swap(keyevent_t *event) {
     bool             do_swap = event->pressed ? swap_hands : swap_state[pos.row] & (col_bit);
 
     if (do_swap) {
-        event->key = hand_swap_config[pos.row][pos.col];
+        event->key.row = pgm_read_byte(&hand_swap_config[pos.row][pos.col].row);
+        event->key.col = pgm_read_byte(&hand_swap_config[pos.row][pos.col].col);
         swap_state[pos.row] |= col_bit;
     } else {
         swap_state[pos.row] &= ~(col_bit);
diff --git a/tmk_core/common/action.h b/tmk_core/common/action.h
index 9a991de1c..6c8456178 100644
--- a/tmk_core/common/action.h
+++ b/tmk_core/common/action.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ extern bool disable_action_cache;
 /* Code for handling one-handed key modifiers. */
 #ifdef SWAP_HANDS_ENABLE
 extern bool           swap_hands;
-extern const keypos_t hand_swap_config[MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS];
+extern const keypos_t PROGMEM hand_swap_config[MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS];
 #    if (MATRIX_COLS <= 8)
 typedef uint8_t swap_state_row_t;
 #    elif (MATRIX_COLS <= 16)