diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index c86a1ea..4133ef5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -142,12 +142,12 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
-typedef u32 * (*decode_dirent_t)(u32 *, struct nfs_entry *, int);
+typedef __be32 * (*decode_dirent_t)(__be32 *, struct nfs_entry *, int);
 typedef struct {
 	struct file	*file;
 	struct page	*page;
 	unsigned long	page_index;
-	u32		*ptr;
+	__be32		*ptr;
 	u64		*dir_cookie;
 	loff_t		current_index;
 	struct nfs_entry *entry;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 static inline
 int dir_decode(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc)
 {
-	u32	*p = desc->ptr;
+	__be32	*p = desc->ptr;
 	p = desc->decode(p, desc->entry, desc->plus);
 	if (IS_ERR(p))
 		return PTR_ERR(p);