diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sm.h b/include/net/sctp/sm.h
index a3b0e1e896f0..a7b935a76a62 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sm.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sm.h
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_heartbeat_ack(const struct sctp_association *,
 				      const size_t paylen);
 struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_op_error(const struct sctp_association *,
 				 const struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
-				 __u16 cause_code,
+				 __be16 cause_code,
 				 const void *payload,
 				 size_t paylen);
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 37472be16014..a3bde93bd8a3 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ nodata:
 /* Create an Operation Error chunk.  */
 struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_op_error(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 				 const struct sctp_chunk *chunk,
-				 __u16 cause_code, const void *payload,
+				 __be16 cause_code, const void *payload,
 				 size_t paylen)
 {
 	struct sctp_chunk *retval;