diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index f3f048724ac7151d4d89d76a2b44b940b2e0f1d4..a6be9d3ee1f08b4cbd37eeb31b11d73de6047828 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -581,8 +581,12 @@ static void gen_boot_verifier(nfs4_verifier *verifier, struct net *net)
 	__be32 verf[2];
 	struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
 
-	verf[0] = (__be32)nn->nfssvc_boot.tv_sec;
-	verf[1] = (__be32)nn->nfssvc_boot.tv_usec;
+	/*
+	 * This is opaque to client, so no need to byte-swap. Use
+	 * __force to keep sparse happy
+	 */
+	verf[0] = (__force __be32)nn->nfssvc_boot.tv_sec;
+	verf[1] = (__force __be32)nn->nfssvc_boot.tv_usec;
 	memcpy(verifier->data, verf, sizeof(verifier->data));
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 2204e1fe5725b725cef3603aaca3618824066241..8242385a249ca2f5e1e1d0dc72c2a6735142cc04 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1421,8 +1421,12 @@ static void gen_confirm(struct nfs4_client *clp)
 	__be32 verf[2];
 	static u32 i;
 
-	verf[0] = (__be32)get_seconds();
-	verf[1] = (__be32)i++;
+	/*
+	 * This is opaque to client, so no need to byte-swap. Use
+	 * __force to keep sparse happy
+	 */
+	verf[0] = (__force __be32)get_seconds();
+	verf[1] = (__force __be32)i++;
 	memcpy(clp->cl_confirm.data, verf, sizeof(clp->cl_confirm.data));
 }