diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
index 8645275c08c2..10351d5b49fa 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&req_data->host_acked);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&req_data->wq_buf);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req_data->list);
-	req_data->req.type = cpu_to_virtio32(vdev, VIRTIO_PMEM_REQ_TYPE_FLUSH);
+	req_data->req.type = cpu_to_le32(VIRTIO_PMEM_REQ_TYPE_FLUSH);
 	sg_init_one(&sg, &req_data->req, sizeof(req_data->req));
 	sgs[0] = &sg;
 	sg_init_one(&ret, &req_data->resp.ret, sizeof(req_data->resp));
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 	} else {
 		/* A host repsonse results in "host_ack" getting called */
 		wait_event(req_data->host_acked, req_data->done);
-		err = virtio32_to_cpu(vdev, req_data->resp.ret);
+		err = le32_to_cpu(req_data->resp.ret);
 	}
 
 	kfree(req_data);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pmem.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pmem.h
index efcd72f2d20d..9a63ed6d062f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pmem.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_pmem.h
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ struct virtio_pmem_config {
 
 struct virtio_pmem_resp {
 	/* Host return status corresponding to flush request */
-	__u32 ret;
+	__le32 ret;
 };
 
 struct virtio_pmem_req {
 	/* command type */
-	__u32 type;
+	__le32 type;
 };
 
 #endif