diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index 7ea4ba4eff2ac4b9dbcae63a54ee68bb5e1a7190..ed6548d89165e1d9c31118aca21d3e89a3772ab2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * If check_interval in MMP block is larger, use that instead of
 	 * update_interval from the superblock.
 	 */
-	if (mmp->mmp_check_interval > mmp_check_interval)
-		mmp_check_interval = mmp->mmp_check_interval;
+	if (le16_to_cpu(mmp->mmp_check_interval) > mmp_check_interval)
+		mmp_check_interval = le16_to_cpu(mmp->mmp_check_interval);
 
 	seq = le32_to_cpu(mmp->mmp_seq);
 	if (seq == EXT4_MMP_SEQ_CLEAN)