diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index d47d38a..d6f6147 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
 		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: bitmap file is out of date (%llu < %llu) "
 			"-- forcing full recovery\n", bmname(bitmap), events,
 			(unsigned long long) bitmap->mddev->events);
-		sb->state |= BITMAP_STALE;
+		sb->state |= cpu_to_le32(BITMAP_STALE);
 	}
 success:
 	/* assign fields using values from superblock */
@@ -544,11 +544,11 @@
 	bitmap->daemon_sleep = daemon_sleep;
 	bitmap->daemon_lastrun = jiffies;
 	bitmap->max_write_behind = write_behind;
-	bitmap->flags |= sb->state;
+	bitmap->flags |= le32_to_cpu(sb->state);
 	if (le32_to_cpu(sb->version) == BITMAP_MAJOR_HOSTENDIAN)
 		bitmap->flags |= BITMAP_HOSTENDIAN;
 	bitmap->events_cleared = le64_to_cpu(sb->events_cleared);
-	if (sb->state & BITMAP_STALE)
+	if (sb->state & cpu_to_le32(BITMAP_STALE))
 		bitmap->events_cleared = bitmap->mddev->events;
 	err = 0;
 out:
@@ -578,9 +578,9 @@
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bitmap->lock, flags);
 	sb = (bitmap_super_t *)kmap_atomic(bitmap->sb_page, KM_USER0);
 	switch (op) {
-		case MASK_SET: sb->state |= bits;
+		case MASK_SET: sb->state |= cpu_to_le32(bits);
 				break;
-		case MASK_UNSET: sb->state &= ~bits;
+		case MASK_UNSET: sb->state &= cpu_to_le32(~bits);
 				break;
 		default: BUG();
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/raid/bitmap.h b/include/linux/raid/bitmap.h
index 84d8877..ebd42a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/raid/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/bitmap.h
@@ -146,16 +146,16 @@
 
 /* the superblock at the front of the bitmap file -- little endian */
 typedef struct bitmap_super_s {
-	__u32 magic;        /*  0  BITMAP_MAGIC */
-	__u32 version;      /*  4  the bitmap major for now, could change... */
-	__u8  uuid[16];     /*  8  128 bit uuid - must match md device uuid */
-	__u64 events;       /* 24  event counter for the bitmap (1)*/
-	__u64 events_cleared;/*32  event counter when last bit cleared (2) */
-	__u64 sync_size;    /* 40  the size of the md device's sync range(3) */
-	__u32 state;        /* 48  bitmap state information */
-	__u32 chunksize;    /* 52  the bitmap chunk size in bytes */
-	__u32 daemon_sleep; /* 56  seconds between disk flushes */
-	__u32 write_behind; /* 60  number of outstanding write-behind writes */
+	__le32 magic;        /*  0  BITMAP_MAGIC */
+	__le32 version;      /*  4  the bitmap major for now, could change... */
+	__u8  uuid[16];      /*  8  128 bit uuid - must match md device uuid */
+	__le64 events;       /* 24  event counter for the bitmap (1)*/
+	__le64 events_cleared;/*32  event counter when last bit cleared (2) */
+	__le64 sync_size;    /* 40  the size of the md device's sync range(3) */
+	__le32 state;        /* 48  bitmap state information */
+	__le32 chunksize;    /* 52  the bitmap chunk size in bytes */
+	__le32 daemon_sleep; /* 56  seconds between disk flushes */
+	__le32 write_behind; /* 60  number of outstanding write-behind writes */
 
 	__u8  pad[256 - 64]; /* set to zero */
 } bitmap_super_t;