1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index 8213ee1eb05a..fd82c289ab1c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -223,9 +223,13 @@ static int __init nvram_write_header(struct nvram_partition * part)
 {
         loff_t tmp_index;
         int rc;
-        
+        struct nvram_header phead;
+
+        memcpy(&phead, &part->header, NVRAM_HEADER_LEN);
+        phead.length = cpu_to_be16(phead.length);
+
         tmp_index = part->index;
-        rc = ppc_md.nvram_write((char *)&part->header, NVRAM_HEADER_LEN, &tmp_index); 
+        rc = ppc_md.nvram_write((char *)&phead, NVRAM_HEADER_LEN, &tmp_index);
 
         return rc;
 }
@@ -505,6 +509,8 @@ int __init nvram_scan_partitions(void)
 
                 memcpy(&phead, header, NVRAM_HEADER_LEN);
 
+                phead.length = be16_to_cpu(phead.length);
+
                 err = 0;
                 c_sum = nvram_checksum(&phead);
                 if (c_sum != phead.checksum) {