"Forwarding packet: tq: %i, ttl: %i\n",
                batman_ogm_packet->tq, batman_ogm_packet->header.ttl);
 
-       batman_ogm_packet->tt_crc = htons(batman_ogm_packet->tt_crc);
-
        /* switch of primaries first hop flag when forwarding */
        batman_ogm_packet->flags &= ~PRIMARIES_FIRST_HOP;
        if (is_single_hop_neigh)
                tt_update_orig(bat_priv, orig_node, tt_buff,
                               batman_ogm_packet->tt_num_changes,
                               batman_ogm_packet->ttvn,
-                              batman_ogm_packet->tt_crc);
+                              ntohs(batman_ogm_packet->tt_crc));
 
        if (orig_node->gw_flags != batman_ogm_packet->gw_flags)
                gw_node_update(bat_priv, orig_node,
                ethhdr->h_source, if_incoming->net_dev->name,
                if_incoming->net_dev->dev_addr, batman_ogm_packet->orig,
                batman_ogm_packet->prev_sender, ntohl(batman_ogm_packet->seqno),
-               batman_ogm_packet->ttvn, batman_ogm_packet->tt_crc,
+               batman_ogm_packet->ttvn, ntohs(batman_ogm_packet->tt_crc),
                batman_ogm_packet->tt_num_changes, batman_ogm_packet->tq,
                batman_ogm_packet->header.ttl,
                batman_ogm_packet->header.version, has_directlink_flag);
 
        /* unpack the aggregated packets and process them one by one */
        do {
-               /* network to host order for our 32bit seqno and the
-                  orig_interval */
-               batman_ogm_packet->tt_crc = ntohs(batman_ogm_packet->tt_crc);
-
                tt_buff = packet_buff + buff_pos + BATMAN_OGM_HLEN;
 
                bat_iv_ogm_process(ethhdr, batman_ogm_packet,