diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
index 721f85167453..20356976b977 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_mll.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static inline void ks_inblk(struct ks_net *ks, u16 *wptr, u32 len)
 {
 	len >>= 1;
 	while (len--)
-		*wptr++ = (u16)ioread16(ks->hw_addr);
+		*wptr++ = be16_to_cpu(ioread16(ks->hw_addr));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static inline void ks_outblk(struct ks_net *ks, u16 *wptr, u32 len)
 {
 	len >>= 1;
 	while (len--)
-		iowrite16(*wptr++, ks->hw_addr);
+		iowrite16(cpu_to_be16(*wptr++), ks->hw_addr);
 }
 
 static void ks_disable_int(struct ks_net *ks)