diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adt7310.c b/drivers/hwmon/adt7310.c
index b70a481bca1785fca474864b23a4b71aee7e71cd..da5f0789fb97b937b2ad7f23ec8c9474bf41fa80 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/adt7310.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/adt7310.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int adt7310_spi_read_word(struct device *dev, u8 reg)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return be16_to_cpu(ret);
+	return be16_to_cpu((__force __be16)ret);
 }
 
 static int adt7310_spi_write_word(struct device *dev, u8 reg, u16 data)