diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index d7152b2..ee00b65 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@
 
 static inline int compare_keys(struct flowi *fl1, struct flowi *fl2)
 {
-	return ((fl1->nl_u.ip4_u.daddr ^ fl2->nl_u.ip4_u.daddr) |
-		(fl1->nl_u.ip4_u.saddr ^ fl2->nl_u.ip4_u.saddr) |
+	return ((__force u32)((fl1->nl_u.ip4_u.daddr ^ fl2->nl_u.ip4_u.daddr) |
+		(fl1->nl_u.ip4_u.saddr ^ fl2->nl_u.ip4_u.saddr)) |
 		(fl1->mark ^ fl2->mark) |
 		(*(u16 *)&fl1->nl_u.ip4_u.tos ^
 		 *(u16 *)&fl2->nl_u.ip4_u.tos) |