diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
index d0288ad4e9b238023f716fa9fc034ec30de74bef..2142e1004a2f41de2bf3cdaee8d91ba756c41ed0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
@@ -547,11 +547,13 @@ i40e_status i40e_update_nvm_checksum(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 {
 	i40e_status ret_code = 0;
 	u16 checksum;
+	__le16 le_sum;
 
 	ret_code = i40e_calc_nvm_checksum(hw, &checksum);
+	le_sum = cpu_to_le16(checksum);
 	if (!ret_code)
 		ret_code = i40e_write_nvm_aq(hw, 0x00, I40E_SR_SW_CHECKSUM_WORD,
-					     1, &checksum, true);
+					     1, &le_sum, true);
 
 	return ret_code;
 }