diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 281aee42d3f0d9c35e26c1dac4863f59628c8b62..df30976f6dfd196c7f40511356131c1f9a11c09a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -962,8 +962,8 @@ ip4ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	dsfield = ipv4_get_dsfield(iph);
 
 	if ((t->parms.flags & IP6_TNL_F_USE_ORIG_TCLASS))
-		fl.fl6_flowlabel |= ntohl(((__u32)iph->tos << IPV6_TCLASS_SHIFT)
-					  & IPV6_TCLASS_MASK);
+		fl.fl6_flowlabel |= htonl((__u32)iph->tos << IPV6_TCLASS_SHIFT)
+					  & IPV6_TCLASS_MASK;
 
 	err = ip6_tnl_xmit2(skb, dev, dsfield, &fl, encap_limit, &mtu);
 	if (err != 0) {