1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 5db4df460049..46339f6bcd00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
                 /* Be promiscuous by default to maintain previous behaviour. */
                 tun->if_flags = IFF_PROMISC;
                 /* Generate random Ethernet address. */
-                *(u16 *)tun->dev_addr = htons(0x00FF);
+                *(__be16 *)tun->dev_addr = htons(0x00FF);
                 get_random_bytes(tun->dev_addr + sizeof(u16), 4);
                 memset(tun->chr_filter, 0, sizeof tun->chr_filter);