diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 8c350c5d54adab2556a9a1d7f2a56965b79f16b9..4fdb88102082a75367ae2946cfcc2fe239075a49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -49,14 +49,19 @@ struct macvtap_queue {
 
 #define MACVTAP_VNET_LE 0x80000000
 
+static inline bool macvtap_is_little_endian(struct macvtap_queue *q)
+{
+	return q->flags & MACVTAP_VNET_LE;
+}
+
 static inline u16 macvtap16_to_cpu(struct macvtap_queue *q, __virtio16 val)
 {
-	return __virtio16_to_cpu(q->flags & MACVTAP_VNET_LE, val);
+	return __virtio16_to_cpu(macvtap_is_little_endian(q), val);
 }
 
 static inline __virtio16 cpu_to_macvtap16(struct macvtap_queue *q, u16 val)
 {
-	return __cpu_to_virtio16(q->flags & MACVTAP_VNET_LE, val);
+	return __cpu_to_virtio16(macvtap_is_little_endian(q), val);
 }
 
 static struct proto macvtap_proto = {