diff --git a/sound/pci/atiixp.c b/sound/pci/atiixp.c
index 7ae63d452bba..a1e4944dcfe8 100644
--- a/sound/pci/atiixp.c
+++ b/sound/pci/atiixp.c
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ struct atiixp;
  */
 
 struct atiixp_dma_desc {
-	u32 addr;	/* DMA buffer address */
+	__le32 addr;	/* DMA buffer address */
 	u16 status;	/* status bits */
 	u16 size;	/* size of the packet in dwords */
-	u32 next;	/* address of the next packet descriptor */
+	__le32 next;	/* address of the next packet descriptor */
 };
 
 /*