diff --git a/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c b/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c
index 3ddcbb1..13ad153 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clnt4xdr.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 4);
 	if (unlikely(p == NULL))
 		goto out_overflow;
-	if (unlikely(*p > nlm4_failed))
+	if (unlikely(ntohl(*p) > ntohl(nlm4_failed)))
 		goto out_bad_xdr;
 	*stat = *p;
 	return 0;