diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fc.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fc.c
index d504c52ac9cb9a76f7d224e4448345022f819b70..4392b514725b553f891cbf7721481e8a6c245e13 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fc.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct nvmet_fc_tgt_queue {
 	u16				qid;
 	u16				sqsize;
 	u16				ersp_ratio;
-	u16				sqhd;
+	__le16				sqhd;
 	int				cpu;
 	atomic_t			connected;
 	atomic_t			sqtail;