diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index b9ac235..a250172 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -558,24 +558,29 @@
 static inline bool ipv6_addr_loopback(const struct in6_addr *a)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
-	const unsigned long *ul = (const unsigned long *)a;
+	const __be64 *be = (const __be64 *)a;
 
-	return (ul[0] | (ul[1] ^ cpu_to_be64(1))) == 0UL;
+	return (be[0] | (be[1] ^ cpu_to_be64(1))) == 0UL;
 #else
 	return (a->s6_addr32[0] | a->s6_addr32[1] |
-		a->s6_addr32[2] | (a->s6_addr32[3] ^ htonl(1))) == 0;
+		a->s6_addr32[2] | (a->s6_addr32[3] ^ cpu_to_be32(1))) == 0;
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note that we must __force cast these to unsigned long to make sparse happy,
+ * since all of the endian-annotated types are fixed size regardless of arch.
+ */
 static inline bool ipv6_addr_v4mapped(const struct in6_addr *a)
 {
 	return (
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
-		*(__be64 *)a |
+		*(unsigned long *)a |
 #else
-		(a->s6_addr32[0] | a->s6_addr32[1]) |
+		(__force unsigned long)(a->s6_addr32[0] | a->s6_addr32[1]) |
 #endif
-		(a->s6_addr32[2] ^ htonl(0x0000ffff))) == 0UL;
+		(__force unsigned long)(a->s6_addr32[2] ^
+					cpu_to_be32(0x0000ffff))) == 0UL;
 }
 
 /*