diff --git a/src/basic/hashmap.c b/src/basic/hashmap.c
index d88ceb40aa..6e501ef6ff 100644
--- a/src/basic/hashmap.c
+++ b/src/basic/hashmap.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static unsigned base_bucket_hash(HashmapBase *h, const void *p) {
 
         h->hash_ops->hash(p, &state);
 
-        siphash24_finalize(&hash, &state);
+        hash = siphash24_finalize(&state);
 
         return (unsigned) (hash % n_buckets(h));
 }
diff --git a/src/basic/siphash24.c b/src/basic/siphash24.c
index 485e0059cb..d2e4077f8a 100644
--- a/src/basic/siphash24.c
+++ b/src/basic/siphash24.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void siphash24_compress(const void *_in, size_t inlen, struct siphash *state) {
         }
 }
 
-void siphash24_finalize(uint64_t *out, struct siphash *state) {
+uint64_t siphash24_finalize(struct siphash *state) {
         uint64_t b;
 
         b = state->padding | (( ( uint64_t )state->inlen ) << 56);
@@ -169,14 +169,15 @@ void siphash24_finalize(uint64_t *out, struct siphash *state) {
         sipround(state);
         sipround(state);
 
-        *(le64_t*)out = htole64(state->v0 ^ state->v1 ^ state->v2  ^ state->v3);
+        return state->v0 ^ state->v1 ^ state->v2  ^ state->v3;
 }
 
 /* SipHash-2-4 */
-void siphash24(uint64_t *out, const void *_in, size_t inlen, const uint8_t k[16]) {
+uint64_t siphash24(const void *_in, size_t inlen, const uint8_t k[16]) {
         struct siphash state;
 
         siphash24_init(&state, k);
         siphash24_compress(_in, inlen, &state);
-        siphash24_finalize(out, &state);
+
+        return siphash24_finalize(&state);
 }
diff --git a/src/basic/siphash24.h b/src/basic/siphash24.h
index dc08077d53..0e072eba36 100644
--- a/src/basic/siphash24.h
+++ b/src/basic/siphash24.h
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ struct siphash {
 
 void siphash24_init(struct siphash *state, const uint8_t k[16]);
 void siphash24_compress(const void *in, size_t inlen, struct siphash *state);
-void siphash24_finalize(uint64_t *out, struct siphash *state);
+uint64_t siphash24_finalize(struct siphash *state);
 
-void siphash24(uint64_t *out, const void *in, size_t inlen, const uint8_t k[16]);
+uint64_t siphash24(const void *in, size_t inlen, const uint8_t k[16]);
diff --git a/src/import/pull-common.c b/src/import/pull-common.c
index 16b0c6160f..a83cffffa0 100644
--- a/src/import/pull-common.c
+++ b/src/import/pull-common.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static int hash_url(const char *url, char **ret) {
 
         assert(url);
 
-        siphash24(&h, url, strlen(url), k.bytes);
+        h = siphash24(url, strlen(url), k.bytes);
         if (asprintf(ret, "%"PRIx64, h) < 0)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/src/journal/journald-rate-limit.c b/src/journal/journald-rate-limit.c
index 65e2c3e570..1c406aef8e 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-rate-limit.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-rate-limit.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static JournalRateLimitGroup* journal_rate_limit_group_new(JournalRateLimit *r,
 
         siphash24_init(&state, r->hash_key);
         string_hash_func(g->id, &state);
-        siphash24_finalize(&g->hash, &state);
+        g->hash = siphash24_finalize(&state);
 
         journal_rate_limit_vacuum(r, ts);
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int journal_rate_limit_test(JournalRateLimit *r, const char *id, int priority, u
 
         siphash24_init(&state, r->hash_key);
         string_hash_func(id, &state);
-        siphash24_finalize(&h, &state);
+        h = siphash24_finalize(&state);
         g = r->buckets[h % BUCKETS_MAX];
 
         LIST_FOREACH(bucket, g, g)
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c b/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c
index f8e6cb6ea9..d40c8a7f9c 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int dhcp_identifier_set_duid_en(struct duid *duid, size_t *len) {
 
         /* a bit of snake-oil perhaps, but no need to expose the machine-id
            directly; duid->en.id might not be aligned, so we need to copy */
-        siphash24(&hash, &machine_id, sizeof(machine_id), HASH_KEY.bytes);
+        hash = htole64(siphash24(&machine_id, sizeof(machine_id), HASH_KEY.bytes));
         memcpy(duid->en.id, &hash, sizeof(duid->en.id));
 
         return 0;
@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ int dhcp_identifier_set_iaid(int ifindex, uint8_t *mac, size_t mac_len, void *_i
         }
 
         if (name)
-                siphash24(&id, name, strlen(name), HASH_KEY.bytes);
+                id = siphash24(name, strlen(name), HASH_KEY.bytes);
         else
                 /* fall back to MAC address if no predictable name available */
-                siphash24(&id, mac, mac_len, HASH_KEY.bytes);
+                id = siphash24(mac, mac_len, HASH_KEY.bytes);
+
+        id = htole64(id);
 
         /* fold into 32 bits */
         unaligned_write_be32(_id, (id & 0xffffffff) ^ (id >> 32));
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.c b/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.c
index 49a755c048..a4d4f1ae2f 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/network-internal.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int net_get_unique_predictable_data(struct udev_device *device, uint64_t *result
         /* Let's hash the machine ID plus the device name. We
         * use a fixed, but originally randomly created hash
         * key here. */
-        siphash24(result, v, sz, HASH_KEY.bytes);
+        *result = htole64(siphash24(v, sz, HASH_KEY.bytes));
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c
index eeb59bb3da..277c88e2b9 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ int dhcp_server_handle_message(sd_dhcp_server *server, DHCPMessage *message,
 
                         siphash24_init(&state, HASH_KEY.bytes);
                         client_id_hash_func(&req->client_id, &state);
-                        siphash24_finalize(&hash, &state);
+                        hash = htole64(siphash24_finalize(&state));
                         next_offer = hash % server->pool_size;
 
                         for (i = 0; i < server->pool_size; i++) {
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-ipv4ll.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-ipv4ll.c
index e69b1864d7..006db6feee 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-ipv4ll.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-ipv4ll.c
@@ -146,12 +146,11 @@ int sd_ipv4ll_set_mac(sd_ipv4ll *ll, const struct ether_addr *addr) {
                 uint64_t seed;
 
                 /* If no random data is set, generate some from the MAC */
-                siphash24(&seed, &addr->ether_addr_octet,
-                          ETH_ALEN, HASH_KEY.bytes);
+                seed = siphash24(&addr->ether_addr_octet, ETH_ALEN, HASH_KEY.bytes);
 
                 assert_cc(sizeof(unsigned) <= 8);
 
-                r = sd_ipv4ll_set_address_seed(ll, (unsigned)seed);
+                r = sd_ipv4ll_set_address_seed(ll, (unsigned) htole64(seed));
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/test-dhcp-server.c b/src/libsystemd-network/test-dhcp-server.c
index 62fdec46da..2b5f59e4d6 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/test-dhcp-server.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/test-dhcp-server.c
@@ -200,13 +200,11 @@ static void test_message_handler(void) {
 
 static uint64_t client_id_hash_helper(DHCPClientId *id, uint8_t key[HASH_KEY_SIZE]) {
         struct siphash state;
-        uint64_t hash;
 
         siphash24_init(&state, key);
         client_id_hash_func(id, &state);
-        siphash24_finalize(&hash, &state);
 
-        return hash;
+        return htole64(siphash24_finalize(&state));
 }
 
 static void test_client_id_hash(void) {
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-bloom.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-bloom.c
index 43668e37ee..c0c5d445eb 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-bloom.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-bloom.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void bloom_add_data(
 
                 for (d = 0; d < w; d++) {
                         if (c <= 0) {
-                                siphash24(&h, data, n, hash_keys[hash_index++].bytes);
+                                h = siphash24(data, n, hash_keys[hash_index++].bytes);
                                 c += 8;
                         }
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev.c b/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
index 081e299d82..a86a6383da 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ int netdev_get_mac(const char *ifname, struct ether_addr **ret) {
 
         /* Let's hash the host machine ID plus the container name. We
          * use a fixed, but originally randomly created hash key here. */
-        siphash24(&result, v, sz, HASH_KEY.bytes);
+        result = siphash24(v, sz, HASH_KEY.bytes);
 
         assert_cc(ETH_ALEN <= sizeof(result));
         memcpy(mac->ether_addr_octet, &result, ETH_ALEN);
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-network.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-network.c
index 04d8da3bc8..86ab2f73ba 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-network.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-network.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int generate_mac(
 
         /* Let's hash the host machine ID plus the container name. We
          * use a fixed, but originally randomly created hash key here. */
-        siphash24(&result, v, sz, hash_key.bytes);
+        result = htole64(siphash24(v, sz, hash_key.bytes));
 
         assert_cc(ETH_ALEN <= sizeof(result));
         memcpy(mac->ether_addr_octet, &result, ETH_ALEN);
diff --git a/src/test/test-siphash24.c b/src/test/test-siphash24.c
index 7e39890110..a571a95a70 100644
--- a/src/test/test-siphash24.c
+++ b/src/test/test-siphash24.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static int do_test(const uint8_t *in, size_t len, const uint8_t *key) {
         uint64_t out = 0;
         unsigned i, j;
 
-        siphash24(&out, in, len, key);
+        out = siphash24(in, len, key);
         assert_se(out == htole64(0xa129ca6149be45e5));
 
         /* verify the internal state as given in the above paper */
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int do_test(const uint8_t *in, size_t len, const uint8_t *key) {
         assert_se(state.v1 == 0x0d52f6f62a4f59a4);
         assert_se(state.v2 == 0x634cb3577b01fd3d);
         assert_se(state.v3 == 0xa5224d6f55c7d9c8);
-        siphash24_finalize(&out, &state);
+        out = siphash24_finalize(&state);
         assert_se(out == htole64(0xa129ca6149be45e5));
         assert_se(state.v0 == 0xf6bcd53893fecff1);
         assert_se(state.v1 == 0x54b9964c7ea0d937);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int do_test(const uint8_t *in, size_t len, const uint8_t *key) {
                         siphash24_compress(in, i, &state);
                         siphash24_compress(&in[i], j - i, &state);
                         siphash24_compress(&in[j], len - j, &state);
-                        siphash24_finalize(&out, &state);
+                        out = siphash24_finalize(&state);
                         assert_se(out == htole64(0xa129ca6149be45e5));
                 }
         }