diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
index 42dbf90d4651..392312333746 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	 */
 	uint8_t	 firmware_options[2];
 
-	uint16_t frame_payload_size;
+	__le16	frame_payload_size;
 	__le16	max_iocb_allocation;
 	__le16	execution_throttle;
 	uint8_t	 retry_count;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index 2436a17f5cd9..2861c636dd65 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -4603,18 +4603,18 @@ qla2x00_nvram_config(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 			nv->firmware_options[1] = BIT_7 | BIT_5;
 			nv->add_firmware_options[0] = BIT_5;
 			nv->add_firmware_options[1] = BIT_5 | BIT_4;
-			nv->frame_payload_size = 2048;
+			nv->frame_payload_size = cpu_to_le16(2048);
 			nv->special_options[1] = BIT_7;
 		} else if (IS_QLA2200(ha)) {
 			nv->firmware_options[0] = BIT_2 | BIT_1;
 			nv->firmware_options[1] = BIT_7 | BIT_5;
 			nv->add_firmware_options[0] = BIT_5;
 			nv->add_firmware_options[1] = BIT_5 | BIT_4;
-			nv->frame_payload_size = 1024;
+			nv->frame_payload_size = cpu_to_le16(1024);
 		} else if (IS_QLA2100(ha)) {
 			nv->firmware_options[0] = BIT_3 | BIT_1;
 			nv->firmware_options[1] = BIT_5;
-			nv->frame_payload_size = 1024;
+			nv->frame_payload_size = cpu_to_le16(1024);
 		}
 
 		nv->max_iocb_allocation = cpu_to_le16(256);