diff --git a/include/net/ip_fib.h b/include/net/ip_fib.h
index 19f7089..8222914 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_fib.h
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 
 /* Exported by fib_semantics.c */
 extern int ip_fib_check_default(__be32 gw, struct net_device *dev);
-extern int fib_sync_down(u32 local, struct net_device *dev, int force);
+extern int fib_sync_down(__be32 local, struct net_device *dev, int force);
 extern int fib_sync_up(struct net_device *dev);
 extern __be32  __fib_res_prefsrc(struct fib_result *res);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 34dc640..9c399a7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_IP_NOSIOCRT
 
-static inline u32 sk_extract_addr(struct sockaddr *addr)
+static inline __be32 sk_extract_addr(struct sockaddr *addr)
 {
 	return ((struct sockaddr_in *) addr)->sin_addr.s_addr;
 }
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 	plen = 32;
 	addr = sk_extract_addr(&rt->rt_dst);
 	if (!(rt->rt_flags & RTF_HOST)) {
-		u32 mask = sk_extract_addr(&rt->rt_genmask);
+		__be32 mask = sk_extract_addr(&rt->rt_genmask);
 
 		if (rt->rt_genmask.sa_family != AF_INET) {
 			if (mask || rt->rt_genmask.sa_family)
@@ -627,8 +627,7 @@
    only when netlink is already locked.
  */
 
-static void fib_magic(int cmd, int type, u32 dst, int dst_len,
-		      struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
+static void fib_magic(int cmd, int type, __be32 dst, int dst_len, struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
 {
 	struct fib_table *tb;
 	struct fib_config cfg = {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h b/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
index 6e9b3e8..0e8b70b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_lookup.h
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 extern struct fib_info *fib_create_info(struct fib_config *cfg);
 extern int fib_nh_match(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_info *fi);
 extern int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int event,
-			 u32 tb_id, u8 type, u8 scope, u32 dst,
+			 u32 tb_id, u8 type, u8 scope, __be32 dst,
 			 int dst_len, u8 tos, struct fib_info *fi,
 			 unsigned int);
-extern void rtmsg_fib(int event, u32 key, struct fib_alias *fa,
+extern void rtmsg_fib(int event, __be32 key, struct fib_alias *fa,
 		      int dst_len, u32 tb_id, struct nl_info *info);
 extern struct fib_alias *fib_find_alias(struct list_head *fah,
 					u8 tos, u32 prio);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
index 52b2ada..f2d4070 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
 	u8			dst_len;
 	u8			src_len;
 	u8			tos;
-	u32			src;
-	u32			srcmask;
-	u32			dst;
-	u32			dstmask;
+	__be32			src;
+	__be32			srcmask;
+	__be32			dst;
+	__be32			dstmask;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK
 	u32			fwmark;
 	u32			fwmask;
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
 static int fib4_rule_match(struct fib_rule *rule, struct flowi *fl, int flags)
 {
 	struct fib4_rule *r = (struct fib4_rule *) rule;
-	u32 daddr = fl->fl4_dst;
-	u32 saddr = fl->fl4_src;
+	__be32 daddr = fl->fl4_dst;
+	__be32 saddr = fl->fl4_src;
 
 	if (((saddr ^ r->src) & r->srcmask) ||
 	    ((daddr ^ r->dst) & r->dstmask))
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index f7567e9..884d176 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 	unsigned int val = fi->fib_nhs;
 
 	val ^= fi->fib_protocol;
-	val ^= fi->fib_prefsrc;
+	val ^= (__force u32)fi->fib_prefsrc;
 	val ^= fi->fib_priority;
 
 	return (val ^ (val >> 7) ^ (val >> 12)) & mask;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 	return -1;
 }
 
-void rtmsg_fib(int event, u32 key, struct fib_alias *fa,
+void rtmsg_fib(int event, __be32 key, struct fib_alias *fa,
 	       int dst_len, u32 tb_id, struct nl_info *info)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -568,11 +568,11 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int fib_laddr_hashfn(u32 val)
+static inline unsigned int fib_laddr_hashfn(__be32 val)
 {
 	unsigned int mask = (fib_hash_size - 1);
 
-	return (val ^ (val >> 7) ^ (val >> 14)) & mask;
+	return ((__force u32)val ^ ((__force u32)val >> 7) ^ ((__force u32)val >> 14)) & mask;
 }
 
 static struct hlist_head *fib_hash_alloc(int bytes)
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@
 }
 
 int fib_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int event,
-		  u32 tb_id, u8 type, u8 scope, u32 dst, int dst_len, u8 tos,
+		  u32 tb_id, u8 type, u8 scope, __be32 dst, int dst_len, u8 tos,
 		  struct fib_info *fi, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@
    - device went down -> we must shutdown all nexthops going via it.
  */
 
-int fib_sync_down(u32 local, struct net_device *dev, int force)
+int fib_sync_down(__be32 local, struct net_device *dev, int force)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	int scope = RT_SCOPE_NOWHERE;