diff --git a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
index 5794bc6bf0bf7ba859ac32606149d2146ceb5926..6d14c22a00c5e3e9ab750fb0c68434edba86c853 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static inline struct inet_timewait_sock *inet_twsk(const struct sock *sk)
 	return (struct inet_timewait_sock *)sk;
 }
 
-static inline u32 inet_rcv_saddr(const struct sock *sk)
+static inline __be32 inet_rcv_saddr(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	return likely(sk->sk_state != TCP_TIME_WAIT) ?
 		inet_sk(sk)->rcv_saddr : inet_twsk(sk)->tw_rcv_saddr;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 274b0b846c25cd5fed68b91333a884933e8080e3..96bbe2a0aa1b05e41fcd144e3b11a61b17d854ba 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int sysctl_local_port_range[2] = { 1024, 4999 };
 int inet_csk_bind_conflict(const struct sock *sk,
 			   const struct inet_bind_bucket *tb)
 {
-	const u32 sk_rcv_saddr = inet_rcv_saddr(sk);
+	const __be32 sk_rcv_saddr = inet_rcv_saddr(sk);
 	struct sock *sk2;
 	struct hlist_node *node;
 	int reuse = sk->sk_reuse;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int inet_csk_bind_conflict(const struct sock *sk,
 		     sk->sk_bound_dev_if == sk2->sk_bound_dev_if)) {
 			if (!reuse || !sk2->sk_reuse ||
 			    sk2->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN) {
-				const u32 sk2_rcv_saddr = inet_rcv_saddr(sk2);
+				const __be32 sk2_rcv_saddr = inet_rcv_saddr(sk2);
 				if (!sk2_rcv_saddr || !sk_rcv_saddr ||
 				    sk2_rcv_saddr == sk_rcv_saddr)
 					break;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index c18676352397cc11a7adc0961262117681b79ab8..e03c33b2465bc72415c8e27dce382db233959a69 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1258,8 +1258,8 @@ int ipv6_rcv_saddr_equal(const struct sock *sk, const struct sock *sk2)
 {
 	const struct in6_addr *sk_rcv_saddr6 = &inet6_sk(sk)->rcv_saddr;
 	const struct in6_addr *sk2_rcv_saddr6 = inet6_rcv_saddr(sk2);
-	u32 sk_rcv_saddr = inet_sk(sk)->rcv_saddr;
-	u32 sk2_rcv_saddr = inet_rcv_saddr(sk2);
+	__be32 sk_rcv_saddr = inet_sk(sk)->rcv_saddr;
+	__be32 sk2_rcv_saddr = inet_rcv_saddr(sk2);
 	int sk_ipv6only = ipv6_only_sock(sk);
 	int sk2_ipv6only = inet_v6_ipv6only(sk2);
 	int addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(sk_rcv_saddr6);