1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index f38cbbae0ae3..a1b356c8aa59 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -577,20 +577,20 @@ static int inet_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg
  *      Determine a default network mask, based on the IP address.
  */
 
-static __inline__ int inet_abc_len(u32 addr)
+static __inline__ int inet_abc_len(__be32 addr)
 {
         int rc = -1;    /* Something else, probably a multicast. */
 
         if (ZERONET(addr))
                 rc = 0;
         else {
-                addr = ntohl(addr);
+                __u32 haddr = ntohl(addr);
 
-                if (IN_CLASSA(addr))
+                if (IN_CLASSA(haddr))
                         rc = 8;
-                else if (IN_CLASSB(addr))
+                else if (IN_CLASSB(haddr))
                         rc = 16;
-                else if (IN_CLASSC(addr))
+                else if (IN_CLASSC(haddr))
                         rc = 24;
         }