diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
index f0536b16b3c3cbca46b190a2bf2f67b459888ea9..8bdb4d62b4e92c719021cf990ea0e1eab3c170bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ parse_eeprom (struct net_device *dev)
 		dev->dev_addr[i] = psrom->mac_addr[i];
 
 	if (np->chip_id == CHIP_IP1000A) {
-		np->led_mode = psrom->led_mode;
+		np->led_mode = le16_to_cpu(psrom->led_mode);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.h
index 10e98ba33ebf520010a07e53861d769a35b45ec2..883223e791ada7bfb52249c32bf950f1714be652 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.h
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ typedef struct t_SROM {
 	u16 sub_system_id;	/* 0x06 */
 	u16 pci_base_1;		/* 0x08 (IP1000A only) */
 	u16 pci_base_2;		/* 0x0a (IP1000A only) */
-	u16 led_mode;		/* 0x0c (IP1000A only) */
+	__le16 led_mode;	/* 0x0c (IP1000A only) */
 	u16 reserved1[9];	/* 0x0e-0x1f */
 	u8 mac_addr[6];		/* 0x20-0x25 */
 	u8 reserved2[10];	/* 0x26-0x2f */