#else
 #error  "Please fix <asm/byteorder.h>"
 #endif
-                       __u8    proto_ctype;
-                       __u16   flags;
+                       __u8    proto_ctype;
+                       __be16  flags;
                };
-               __u32 word;
+               __be32  word;
        };
 };
 
  * if there is an unknown standard or private flags, or the options length for
  * the flags exceeds the options length specific in hlen of the GUE header.
  */
-static inline int validate_gue_flags(struct guehdr *guehdr,
-                                    size_t optlen)
+static inline int validate_gue_flags(struct guehdr *guehdr, size_t optlen)
 {
+       __be16 flags = guehdr->flags;
        size_t len;
-       __be32 flags = guehdr->flags;
 
        if (flags & ~GUE_FLAGS_ALL)
                return 1;
                /* Private flags are last four bytes accounted in
                 * guehdr_flags_len
                 */
-               flags = *(__be32 *)((void *)&guehdr[1] + len - GUE_LEN_PRIV);
+               __be32 pflags = *(__be32 *)((void *)&guehdr[1] +
+                                           len - GUE_LEN_PRIV);
 
-               if (flags & ~GUE_PFLAGS_ALL)
+               if (pflags & ~GUE_PFLAGS_ALL)
                        return 1;
 
-               len += guehdr_priv_flags_len(flags);
+               len += guehdr_priv_flags_len(pflags);
                if (len > optlen)
                        return 1;
        }