diff --git a/include/net/dsfield.h b/include/net/dsfield.h
index 8a8d4e06900d8824ba4a892c5f29f9c40525f0e0..e1ad903a8d6a0ff2a93106a9a3e430d4f0089558 100644
--- a/include/net/dsfield.h
+++ b/include/net/dsfield.h
@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ static inline void ipv4_change_dsfield(struct iphdr *iph,__u8 mask,
 static inline void ipv6_change_dsfield(struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h,__u8 mask,
     __u8 value)
 {
-        __u16 tmp;
+	__be16 *p = (__force __be16 *)ipv6h;
 
-	tmp = ntohs(*(__be16 *) ipv6h);
-	tmp = (tmp & ((mask << 4) | 0xf00f)) | (value << 4);
-	*(__be16 *) ipv6h = htons(tmp);
+	*p = (*p & htons((((u16)mask << 4) | 0xf00f))) | htons((u16)value << 4);
 }