diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/d3.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/d3.c
index be2602d8c5bf..dcda7fbb5a7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/d3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/d3.c
@@ -2167,7 +2167,10 @@ static void iwl_mvm_convert_gtk_v3(struct iwl_wowlan_status_data *status,
 static void iwl_mvm_convert_igtk(struct iwl_wowlan_status_data *status,
 				 struct iwl_wowlan_igtk_status *data)
 {
+	int i;
+
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(status->igtk.key) < sizeof(data->key));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(status->igtk.ipn) != sizeof(data->ipn));
 
 	if (!data->key_len)
 		return;
@@ -2179,7 +2182,10 @@ static void iwl_mvm_convert_igtk(struct iwl_wowlan_status_data *status,
 		+ WOWLAN_IGTK_MIN_INDEX;
 
 	memcpy(status->igtk.key, data->key, sizeof(data->key));
-	memcpy(status->igtk.ipn, data->ipn, sizeof(data->ipn));
+
+	/* mac80211 expects big endian for memcmp() to work, convert */
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(data->ipn); i++)
+		status->igtk.ipn[i] = data->ipn[sizeof(data->ipn) - i - 1];
 }
 
 static void iwl_mvm_parse_wowlan_info_notif(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,