diff --git a/src/journal/journal-def.h b/src/journal/journal-def.h
index 351eec77c55..ac5611c3105 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-def.h
+++ b/src/journal/journal-def.h
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ _packed_ struct EntryArrayObject {
 
 _packed_ struct TagObject {
         ObjectHeader object;
-        uint64_t seqnum;
-        uint64_t epoch;
+        le64_t seqnum;
+        le64_t epoch;
         uint8_t tag[TAG_LENGTH]; /* SHA-256 HMAC */
 };