diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 53cde84e698a..ab69dcb70e8a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2885,8 +2885,8 @@ static int encode_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 		rec.v2.issued = cpu_to_le32(cap->issued);
 		rec.v2.snaprealm = cpu_to_le64(ci->i_snap_realm->ino);
 		rec.v2.pathbase = cpu_to_le64(pathbase);
-		rec.v2.flock_len =
-			(ci->i_ceph_flags & CEPH_I_ERROR_FILELOCK) ? 0 : 1;
+		rec.v2.flock_len = (__force __le32)
+			((ci->i_ceph_flags & CEPH_I_ERROR_FILELOCK) ? 0 : 1);
 	} else {
 		rec.v1.cap_id = cpu_to_le64(cap->cap_id);
 		rec.v1.wanted = cpu_to_le32(__ceph_caps_wanted(ci));