diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 74091f72c9a8..ec5fc52bf572 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2476,10 +2476,11 @@ static int offload_pedit_fields(struct pedit_headers_action *hdrs,
 			continue;
 
 		if (f->field_bsize == 32) {
-			mask_be32 = *(__be32 *)&mask;
+			mask_be32 = (__be32)mask;
 			mask = (__force unsigned long)cpu_to_le32(be32_to_cpu(mask_be32));
 		} else if (f->field_bsize == 16) {
-			mask_be16 = *(__be16 *)&mask;
+			mask_be32 = (__be32)mask;
+			mask_be16 = *(__be16 *)&mask_be32;
 			mask = (__force unsigned long)cpu_to_le16(be16_to_cpu(mask_be16));
 		}