diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c
index ed388aae96893628dfcecb25743acac320b8a1b4..8ae91908f5aa6fa38c128348beb272ddb6226a3b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayoutdev.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ decode_ds_addr(struct xdr_stream *streamp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr *da = NULL;
 	char *buf, *portstr;
-	u32 port;
+	__be16 port;
 	int nlen, rlen;
 	int tmp[2];
 	__be32 *p;