diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index d6136f7c1cfc3e7a1d1c3bbcd67814cf1b498bde..388fe8f5dc51d5e62b21337337a4ef427dda789f 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ int ubifs_jnl_write_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *inode)
 			fname_name(&nm) = xent->name;
 			fname_len(&nm) = le16_to_cpu(xent->nlen);
 
-			xino = ubifs_iget(c->vfs_sb, xent->inum);
+			xino = ubifs_iget(c->vfs_sb, le64_to_cpu(xent->inum));
 			if (IS_ERR(xino)) {
 				err = PTR_ERR(xino);
 				ubifs_err(c, "dead directory entry '%s', error %d",