diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
index 076b69ceef7f..5f02b4ee9a03 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static const struct cifs_sid sid_everyone = {
 	1, 1, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}, {0} };
 /* security id for Authenticated Users system group */
 static const struct cifs_sid sid_authusers = {
-	1, 1, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5}, {11} };
+	1, 1, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5}, {cpu_to_le32(11)} };
 /* group users */
 static const struct cifs_sid sid_user = {1, 2 , {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5}, {} };
 
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ int compare_sids(const struct cifs_sid *ctsid, const struct cifs_sid *cwsid)
 	if (num_subauth) {
 		for (i = 0; i < num_subauth; ++i) {
 			if (ctsid->sub_auth[i] != cwsid->sub_auth[i]) {
-				if (ctsid->sub_auth[i] > cwsid->sub_auth[i])
+				if (le32_to_cpu(ctsid->sub_auth[i]) >
+					le32_to_cpu(cwsid->sub_auth[i]))
 					return 1;
 				else
 					return -1;