diff --git a/fs/afs/cmservice.c b/fs/afs/cmservice.c
index 2037e7a77a37..d764236072b1 100644
--- a/fs/afs/cmservice.c
+++ b/fs/afs/cmservice.c
@@ -91,11 +91,9 @@ static const struct afs_call_type afs_SRXCBTellMeAboutYourself = {
  */
 bool afs_cm_incoming_call(struct afs_call *call)
 {
-	u32 operation_id = ntohl(call->operation_ID);
+	_enter("{CB.OP %u}", call->operation_ID);
 
-	_enter("{CB.OP %u}", operation_id);
-
-	switch (operation_id) {
+	switch (call->operation_ID) {
 	case CBCallBack:
 		call->type = &afs_SRXCBCallBack;
 		return true;
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 5497c8496055..535a38d2c1d0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct afs_call {
 	bool			need_attention;	/* T if RxRPC poked us */
 	u16			service_id;	/* RxRPC service ID to call */
 	__be16			port;		/* target UDP port */
-	__be32			operation_ID;	/* operation ID for an incoming call */
+	u32			operation_ID;	/* operation ID for an incoming call */
 	u32			count;		/* count for use in unmarshalling */
 	__be32			tmp;		/* place to extract temporary data */
 	afs_dataversion_t	store_version;	/* updated version expected from store */
diff --git a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
index 477928b25940..25f05a8d21b1 100644
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -676,10 +676,11 @@ static int afs_deliver_cm_op_id(struct afs_call *call)
 	ASSERTCMP(call->offset, <, 4);
 
 	/* the operation ID forms the first four bytes of the request data */
-	ret = afs_extract_data(call, &call->operation_ID, 4, true);
+	ret = afs_extract_data(call, &call->tmp, 4, true);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	call->operation_ID = ntohl(call->tmp);
 	call->state = AFS_CALL_AWAIT_REQUEST;
 	call->offset = 0;