diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index 4fd9683b8245e3189bfe566dcf51e89310dc2ff2..d6136f7c1cfc3e7a1d1c3bbcd67814cf1b498bde 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static void mark_inode_clean(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_inode *ui)
 static void set_dent_cookie(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_dent_node *dent)
 {
 	if (c->double_hash)
-		dent->cookie = prandom_u32();
+		dent->cookie = (__force __le32) prandom_u32();
 	else
 		dent->cookie = 0;
 }