diff --git a/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c b/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c
index c5593f4..e3cfefa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
 	 *   case where the checksum is right the higher layers will still
 	 *   drop the packet as appropriate.
 	 */
-	if (eh->h_proto != ntohs(ETH_P_IP))
+	if (eh->h_proto != htons(ETH_P_IP))
 		return;
 
 	ih = (struct iphdr *) ((char *)eh + ETH_HLEN);