diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c
index a078b903a16858a79838309b8dd26a3c0dc4e0f6..5b9ac1f6d6f03670cfa7b0bdeb9689bd39bd7ad0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ int cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	/* Check if we can use the hardware checksumming */
 	if (USE_HW_TCPUDP_CHECKSUM && (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) &&
 	    (ip_hdr(skb)->version == 4) && (ip_hdr(skb)->ihl == 5) &&
-	    ((ip_hdr(skb)->frag_off == 0) || (ip_hdr(skb)->frag_off == 1 << 14))
+	    ((ip_hdr(skb)->frag_off == 0) || (ip_hdr(skb)->frag_off == htons(1 << 14)))
 	    && ((ip_hdr(skb)->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
 		|| (ip_hdr(skb)->protocol == IPPROTO_UDP))) {
 		/* Use hardware checksum calc */