1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
index b5c8cc5d7a7f..eac95e26d696 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
@@ -397,9 +397,9 @@
 #define GETU32(var)  (*((__u32 *)var))  /* BB check for endian issues */
 
 struct smb_hdr {
-        __u32 smb_buf_length;   /* big endian on wire *//* BB length is only two
-                or three bytes - with one or two byte type preceding it that are
-                zero - we could mask the type byte off just in case BB */
+        __be32 smb_buf_length;  /* BB length is only two (rarely three) bytes,
+                with one or two byte "type" preceding it that will be
+                zero - we could mask the type byte off */
         __u8 Protocol[4];
         __u8 Command;
         union {