diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 447d9aef46051ebc9fd810bc96b01e92113c61f1..1f0f079ffa654d1aa412ff3aa5344aaaee34dd4e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -1146,10 +1146,11 @@ svcauth_gss_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *authp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-u32 *
+static __be32 *
 svcauth_gss_prepare_to_wrap(struct xdr_buf *resbuf, struct gss_svc_data *gsd)
 {
-	u32 *p, verf_len;
+	__be32 *p;
+	u32 verf_len;
 
 	p = gsd->verf_start;
 	gsd->verf_start = NULL;