diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
index f4f16fa..49c479c 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
@@ -260,8 +260,9 @@
 /*
  * the packing is returned in disk byte order
  */
-u32 reiserfs_choose_packing(struct inode *dir) {
-    u32 packing;
+__le32 reiserfs_choose_packing(struct inode *dir)
+{
+    __le32 packing;
     if (TEST_OPTION(packing_groups, dir->i_sb)) {
 	u32 parent_dir = le32_to_cpu(INODE_PKEY(dir)->k_dir_id);
 	/*
@@ -655,7 +656,7 @@
     struct buffer_head * bh;
     struct item_head * ih;
     int pos_in_item;
-    __u32 * item;
+    __le32 * item;
     int ret = 0;
 
     if (!hint->path)		/* reiserfs code can call this function w/o pointer to path