diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 7bf35071a9a3..625896de25f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2890,11 +2890,12 @@ static void ibmvnic_handle_crq(union ibmvnic_crq *crq,
 	struct ibmvnic_generic_crq *gen_crq = &crq->generic;
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 	struct device *dev = &adapter->vdev->dev;
+	u64 *u64_crq = (u64 *)crq;
 	long rc;
 
 	netdev_dbg(netdev, "Handling CRQ: %016lx %016lx\n",
-		   ((unsigned long int *)crq)[0],
-		   ((unsigned long int *)crq)[1]);
+		   (unsigned long int)cpu_to_be64(u64_crq[0]),
+		   (unsigned long int)cpu_to_be64(u64_crq[1]));
 	switch (gen_crq->first) {
 	case IBMVNIC_CRQ_INIT_RSP:
 		switch (gen_crq->cmd) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
index b0d0b890d033..1b404cae3bc1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ struct ibmvnic_change_mac_addr {
 	u8 first;
 	u8 cmd;
 	u8 mac_addr[6];
-	struct ibmvnic_rc rc;
 	u8 reserved[4];
+	struct ibmvnic_rc rc;
 } __packed __aligned(8);
 
 struct ibmvnic_multicast_ctrl {