diff --git a/drivers/net/ns83820.c b/drivers/net/ns83820.c
index b0127c71a5b6..eb0e119bc0d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ns83820.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ns83820.c
@@ -414,10 +414,10 @@ struct rx_info {
 
 	struct sk_buff	*skbs[NR_RX_DESC];
 
-	u32		*next_rx_desc;
+	__le32		*next_rx_desc;
 	u16		next_rx, next_empty;
 
-	u32		*descs;
+	__le32		*descs;
 	dma_addr_t	phy_descs;
 };
 
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ struct ns83820 {
 	struct sk_buff	*tx_skbs[NR_TX_DESC];
 
 	char		pad[16] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
-	u32		*tx_descs;
+	__le32		*tx_descs;
 	dma_addr_t	tx_phy_descs;
 
 	struct timer_list	tx_watchdog;
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static void ns83820_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device *ndev, unsigned short vid
  * conditions, still route realtime traffic with as low jitter as
  * possible.
  */
-static inline void build_rx_desc(struct ns83820 *dev, u32 *desc, dma_addr_t link, dma_addr_t buf, u32 cmdsts, u32 extsts)
+static inline void build_rx_desc(struct ns83820 *dev, __le32 *desc, dma_addr_t link, dma_addr_t buf, u32 cmdsts, u32 extsts)
 {
 	desc_addr_set(desc + DESC_LINK, link);
 	desc_addr_set(desc + DESC_BUFPTR, buf);
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static inline int ns83820_add_rx_skb(struct ns83820 *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	unsigned next_empty;
 	u32 cmdsts;
-	u32 *sg;
+	__le32 *sg;
 	dma_addr_t buf;
 
 	next_empty = dev->rx_info.next_empty;
@@ -874,7 +874,8 @@ static void fastcall rx_irq(struct net_device *ndev)
 	struct rx_info *info = &dev->rx_info;
 	unsigned next_rx;
 	int rx_rc, len;
-	u32 cmdsts, *desc;
+	u32 cmdsts;
+	__le32 *desc;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int nr = 0;
 
@@ -1010,7 +1011,8 @@ static inline void kick_tx(struct ns83820 *dev)
 static void do_tx_done(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct ns83820 *dev = PRIV(ndev);
-	u32 cmdsts, tx_done_idx, *desc;
+	u32 cmdsts, tx_done_idx;
+	__le32 *desc;
 
 	dprintk("do_tx_done(%p)\n", ndev);
 	tx_done_idx = dev->tx_done_idx;
@@ -1077,7 +1079,7 @@ static void ns83820_cleanup_tx(struct ns83820 *dev)
 		struct sk_buff *skb = dev->tx_skbs[i];
 		dev->tx_skbs[i] = NULL;
 		if (skb) {
-			u32 *desc = dev->tx_descs + (i * DESC_SIZE);
+			__le32 *desc = dev->tx_descs + (i * DESC_SIZE);
 			pci_unmap_single(dev->pci_dev,
 					desc_addr_get(desc + DESC_BUFPTR),
 					le32_to_cpu(desc[DESC_CMDSTS]) & CMDSTS_LEN_MASK,
@@ -1107,7 +1109,7 @@ static int ns83820_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 	skb_frag_t *frag;
 	int stopped = 0;
 	int do_intr = 0;
-	volatile u32 *first_desc;
+	volatile __le32 *first_desc;
 
 	dprintk("ns83820_hard_start_xmit\n");
 
@@ -1180,7 +1182,7 @@ again:
 	first_desc = dev->tx_descs + (free_idx * DESC_SIZE);
 
 	for (;;) {
-		volatile u32 *desc = dev->tx_descs + (free_idx * DESC_SIZE);
+		volatile __le32 *desc = dev->tx_descs + (free_idx * DESC_SIZE);
 
 		dprintk("frag[%3u]: %4u @ 0x%08Lx\n", free_idx, len,
 			(unsigned long long)buf);
@@ -1455,7 +1457,8 @@ static int ns83820_stop(struct net_device *ndev)
 static void ns83820_tx_timeout(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct ns83820 *dev = PRIV(ndev);
-        u32 tx_done_idx, *desc;
+        u32 tx_done_idx;
+	__le32 *desc;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->tx_lock, flags);