diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 2fd51405a509..50b3fa5212ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* Copy dst mac address to wqe */
 	ethh = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data;
-	tx_desc->ctrl.srcrb_flags16[0] = get_unaligned((u16 *)ethh->h_dest);
-	tx_desc->ctrl.imm = get_unaligned((u32 *)(ethh->h_dest + 2));
+	tx_desc->ctrl.srcrb_flags16[0] = get_unaligned((__be16 *)ethh->h_dest);
+	tx_desc->ctrl.imm = get_unaligned((__be32 *)(ethh->h_dest + 2));
 	/* Handle LSO (TSO) packets */
 	if (lso_header_size) {
 		/* Mark opcode as LSO */