diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index acab3181ab35..bcfed27e8997 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ int ubifs_purge_xattrs(struct inode *host)
 		fname_name(&nm) = xent->name;
 		fname_len(&nm) = le16_to_cpu(xent->nlen);
 
-		xino = ubifs_iget(c->vfs_sb, xent->inum);
+		xino = ubifs_iget(c->vfs_sb, le64_to_cpu(xent->inum));
 		if (IS_ERR(xino)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(xino);
 			ubifs_err(c, "dead directory entry '%s', error %d",