diff --git a/include/net/sctp/auth.h b/include/net/sctp/auth.h
index 9e8f13b7da5ae148e24c585c532f8940351a9c98..5db261a1e85e671bcbf907325e68ab5b4e3aeddf 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/auth.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/auth.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct sctp_hmac *sctp_auth_asoc_get_hmac(const struct sctp_association *asoc);
 void sctp_auth_asoc_set_default_hmac(struct sctp_association *asoc,
 				     struct sctp_hmac_algo_param *hmacs);
 int sctp_auth_asoc_verify_hmac_id(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
-				    __u16 hmac_id);
+				    __be16 hmac_id);
 int sctp_auth_send_cid(sctp_cid_t chunk, const struct sctp_association *asoc);
 int sctp_auth_recv_cid(sctp_cid_t chunk, const struct sctp_association *asoc);
 void sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
diff --git a/net/sctp/auth.c b/net/sctp/auth.c
index 8af1004abefeb885a6ee10f4a12c2c939551e468..6d5fa6bb371b0ce2d85a77093092ac440d93684a 100644
--- a/net/sctp/auth.c
+++ b/net/sctp/auth.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ struct sctp_hmac *sctp_auth_asoc_get_hmac(const struct sctp_association *asoc)
 	return &sctp_hmac_list[id];
 }
 
-static int __sctp_auth_find_hmacid(__u16 *hmacs, int n_elts, __u16 hmac_id)
+static int __sctp_auth_find_hmacid(__be16 *hmacs, int n_elts, __be16 hmac_id)
 {
 	int  found = 0;
 	int  i;
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static int __sctp_auth_find_hmacid(__u16 *hmacs, int n_elts, __u16 hmac_id)
 
 /* See if the HMAC_ID is one that we claim as supported */
 int sctp_auth_asoc_verify_hmac_id(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
-				    __u16 hmac_id)
+				    __be16 hmac_id)
 {
 	struct sctp_hmac_algo_param *hmacs;
 	__u16 n_elt;