diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index e723482c5f3737ea2dad53c016ca308e0735dbe5..cab1cf5a330bbbcd4eca974aa6780f5f0f1f894e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -1539,19 +1539,27 @@ int ceph_uninline_data(struct file *filp, struct page *locked_page)
 
 	osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_pages(req, 1, &page, len, 0, false, false);
 
-	err = osd_req_op_xattr_init(req, 0, CEPH_OSD_OP_CMPXATTR,
-				    "inline_version", &inline_version,
-				    sizeof(inline_version),
-				    CEPH_OSD_CMPXATTR_OP_GT,
-				    CEPH_OSD_CMPXATTR_MODE_U64);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_put;
-
-	err = osd_req_op_xattr_init(req, 2, CEPH_OSD_OP_SETXATTR,
-				    "inline_version", &inline_version,
-				    sizeof(inline_version), 0, 0);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_put;
+	{
+		__le64 xattr_buf = cpu_to_le64(inline_version);
+		err = osd_req_op_xattr_init(req, 0, CEPH_OSD_OP_CMPXATTR,
+					    "inline_version", &xattr_buf,
+					    sizeof(xattr_buf),
+					    CEPH_OSD_CMPXATTR_OP_GT,
+					    CEPH_OSD_CMPXATTR_MODE_U64);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_put;
+	}
+
+	{
+		char xattr_buf[32];
+		int xattr_len = snprintf(xattr_buf, sizeof(xattr_buf),
+					 "%llu", inline_version);
+		err = osd_req_op_xattr_init(req, 2, CEPH_OSD_OP_SETXATTR,
+					    "inline_version",
+					    xattr_buf, xattr_len, 0, 0);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_put;
+	}
 
 	ceph_osdc_build_request(req, 0, NULL, CEPH_NOSNAP, &inode->i_mtime);
 	err = ceph_osdc_start_request(&fsc->client->osdc, req, false);