diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index c4eca2575b84..9f84e9fc1b1f 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct fib_nh {
 	__u32			nh_tclassid;
 #endif
 	int			nh_oif;
-	u32			nh_gw;
+	__be32			nh_gw;
 };
 
 /*