diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 5bc5a4e64758..1408adc2a2a7 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_fill_info(struct sw_flow *flow, struct datapath *dp,
 	used = flow->used;
 	stats.n_packets = flow->packet_count;
 	stats.n_bytes = flow->byte_count;
-	tcp_flags = flow->tcp_flags;
+	tcp_flags = (u8)ntohs(flow->tcp_flags);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&flow->lock);
 
 	if (used &&
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.c b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
index 617810f1a21e..b73c7680a3d2 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
@@ -58,19 +58,17 @@ u64 ovs_flow_used_time(unsigned long flow_jiffies)
 	return cur_ms - idle_ms;
 }
 
-#define TCP_FLAGS_OFFSET 13
-#define TCP_FLAG_MASK 0x3f
+#define TCP_FLAGS_BE16(tp) (*(__be16 *)&tcp_flag_word(tp) & htons(0x0FFF))
 
 void ovs_flow_used(struct sw_flow *flow, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	u8 tcp_flags = 0;
+	__be16 tcp_flags = 0;
 
 	if ((flow->key.eth.type == htons(ETH_P_IP) ||
 	     flow->key.eth.type == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) &&
 	    flow->key.ip.proto == IPPROTO_TCP &&
 	    likely(skb->len >= skb_transport_offset(skb) + sizeof(struct tcphdr))) {
-		u8 *tcp = (u8 *)tcp_hdr(skb);
-		tcp_flags = *(tcp + TCP_FLAGS_OFFSET) & TCP_FLAG_MASK;
+		tcp_flags = TCP_FLAGS_BE16(tcp_hdr(skb));
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&flow->lock);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.h b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
index 098fd1db6a23..204e0ccd116d 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ struct sw_flow {
 	unsigned long used;	/* Last used time (in jiffies). */
 	u64 packet_count;	/* Number of packets matched. */
 	u64 byte_count;		/* Number of bytes matched. */
-	u8 tcp_flags;		/* Union of seen TCP flags. */
+	__be16 tcp_flags;	/* Union of seen TCP flags. */
 };
 
 struct arp_eth_header {