1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/dsfield.h b/include/net/dsfield.h
index 8a8d4e06900d..e1ad903a8d6a 100644
--- a/include/net/dsfield.h
+++ b/include/net/dsfield.h
@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ static inline void ipv4_change_dsfield(struct iphdr *iph,__u8 mask,
 static inline void ipv6_change_dsfield(struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h,__u8 mask,
     __u8 value)
 {
-        __u16 tmp;
+        __be16 *p = (__force __be16 *)ipv6h;
 
-        tmp = ntohs(*(__be16 *) ipv6h);
-        tmp = (tmp & ((mask << 4) | 0xf00f)) | (value << 4);
-        *(__be16 *) ipv6h = htons(tmp);
+        *p = (*p & htons((((u16)mask << 4) | 0xf00f))) | htons((u16)value << 4);
 }