diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 42f09ad..699ade6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@
 
 static inline __be32 xprt_alloc_xid(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 {
-	return xprt->xid++;
+	return (__force __be32)xprt->xid++;
 }
 
 static inline void xprt_init_xid(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)