struct lowpan_dev_info {
        struct net_device       *real_dev; /* real WPAN device ptr */
        struct mutex            dev_list_mtx; /* mutex for list ops */
-       __be16                  fragment_tag;
+       u16                     fragment_tag;
 };
 
 struct lowpan_dev_record {
 
        dgram_size = lowpan_uncompress_size(skb, &dgram_offset) -
                     skb->mac_len;
-       frag_tag = lowpan_dev_info(dev)->fragment_tag++;
+       frag_tag = htons(lowpan_dev_info(dev)->fragment_tag);
+       lowpan_dev_info(dev)->fragment_tag++;
 
        frag_hdr[0] = LOWPAN_DISPATCH_FRAG1 | ((dgram_size >> 8) & 0x07);
        frag_hdr[1] = dgram_size & 0xff;
                                  frag_len + skb_network_header_len(skb));
        if (rc) {
                pr_debug("%s unable to send FRAG1 packet (tag: %d)",
-                        __func__, frag_tag);
+                        __func__, ntohs(frag_tag));
                goto err;
        }
 
                                          frag_len);
                if (rc) {
                        pr_debug("%s unable to send a FRAGN packet. (tag: %d, offset: %d)\n",
-                                __func__, frag_tag, skb_offset);
+                                __func__, ntohs(frag_tag), skb_offset);
                        goto err;
                }
        } while (skb_unprocessed > frag_cap);