diff --git a/include/net/inet_sock.h b/include/net/inet_sock.h
index fc0b9e157b61..8130a375b867 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ struct inet_request_sock {
 	u16			inet6_rsk_offset;
 	/* 2 bytes hole, try to pack */
 #endif
-	u32			loc_addr;
-	u32			rmt_addr;
+	__be32			loc_addr;
+	__be32			rmt_addr;
 	u16			rmt_port;
 	u16			snd_wscale : 4, 
 				rcv_wscale : 4, 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 9018aa41cb55..89f3cf94685a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ int tcp_v4_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct inet_request_sock *ireq;
 	struct tcp_options_received tmp_opt;
 	struct request_sock *req;
-	__u32 saddr = skb->nh.iph->saddr;
-	__u32 daddr = skb->nh.iph->daddr;
+	__be32 saddr = skb->nh.iph->saddr;
+	__be32 daddr = skb->nh.iph->daddr;
 	__u32 isn = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->when;
 	struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES