diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c
index 18014cdeb590..c762689e0eb3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dtl.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int dtl_start(struct dtl *dtl)
 
 	/* Register our dtl buffer with the hypervisor. The HV expects the
 	 * buffer size to be passed in the second word of the buffer */
-	((u32 *)dtl->buf)[1] = DISPATCH_LOG_BYTES;
+	((u32 *)dtl->buf)[1] = cpu_to_be32(DISPATCH_LOG_BYTES);
 
 	hwcpu = get_hard_smp_processor_id(dtl->cpu);
 	addr = __pa(dtl->buf);