diff --git a/include/linux/inet.h b/include/linux/inet.h
index 3b5e9fdff872c5575464208dd8b4fbf8eb665652..6c5587af118d477354d7f738a688babd6524340f 100644
--- a/include/linux/inet.h
+++ b/include/linux/inet.h
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-extern __u32 in_aton(const char *str);
+extern __be32 in_aton(const char *str);
 #endif
 #endif	/* _LINUX_INET_H */
diff --git a/net/core/utils.c b/net/core/utils.c
index 587eb7787debf04561517a0e0f0a070d5bff84e3..ac1d1fcf8673f63158691ee0004952b803206f84 100644
--- a/net/core/utils.c
+++ b/net/core/utils.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_srandom);
  * is otherwise not dependent on the TCP/IP stack.
  */
 
-__u32 in_aton(const char *str)
+__be32 in_aton(const char *str)
 {
 	unsigned long l;
 	unsigned int val;