diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/mad.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/mad.c
index 37269eb90c34..b2c1b72d38ce 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/mad.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/mad.c
@@ -1717,9 +1717,9 @@ static int __subn_get_opa_psi(struct opa_smp *smp, u32 am, u8 *data,
 	psi->port_states.portphysstate_portstate =
 		(hfi1_ibphys_portstate(ppd) << 4) | (lstate & 0xf);
 	psi->link_width_downgrade_tx_active =
-	  ppd->link_width_downgrade_tx_active;
+		cpu_to_be16(ppd->link_width_downgrade_tx_active);
 	psi->link_width_downgrade_rx_active =
-	  ppd->link_width_downgrade_rx_active;
+		cpu_to_be16(ppd->link_width_downgrade_rx_active);
 	if (resp_len)
 		*resp_len += sizeof(struct opa_port_state_info);
 
diff --git a/include/rdma/opa_port_info.h b/include/rdma/opa_port_info.h
index 391dae1931c0..a0fa975cd1c1 100644
--- a/include/rdma/opa_port_info.h
+++ b/include/rdma/opa_port_info.h
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ struct opa_port_states {
 
 struct opa_port_state_info {
 	struct opa_port_states port_states;
-	u16 link_width_downgrade_tx_active;
-	u16 link_width_downgrade_rx_active;
+	__be16 link_width_downgrade_tx_active;
+	__be16 link_width_downgrade_rx_active;
 };
 
 struct opa_port_info {