diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index f3f0487..a6be9d3 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -581,8 +581,12 @@
 	__be32 verf[2];
 	struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
 
-	verf[0] = (__be32)nn->nfssvc_boot.tv_sec;
-	verf[1] = (__be32)nn->nfssvc_boot.tv_usec;
+	/*
+	 * This is opaque to client, so no need to byte-swap. Use
+	 * __force to keep sparse happy
+	 */
+	verf[0] = (__force __be32)nn->nfssvc_boot.tv_sec;
+	verf[1] = (__force __be32)nn->nfssvc_boot.tv_usec;
 	memcpy(verifier->data, verf, sizeof(verifier->data));
 }