diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
index d4d80b32cb695c2e2b54f7edded78b429164e2cb..60a2f03d76bc9a661b76961d2838d322a32659a6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int __kprobes aarch64_insn_read(void *addr, u32 *insnp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __kprobes __aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn)
+static int __kprobes __aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, __le32 insn)
 {
 	void *waddr = addr;
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ static int __kprobes __aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn)
 
 int __kprobes aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn)
 {
-	insn = cpu_to_le32(insn);
-	return __aarch64_insn_write(addr, insn);
+	return __aarch64_insn_write(addr, cpu_to_le32(insn));
 }
 
 static bool __kprobes __aarch64_insn_hotpatch_safe(u32 insn)