diff --git a/sound/pci/riptide/riptide.c b/sound/pci/riptide/riptide.c
index 9d2b2ef15c6b..23017e3bc76c 100644
--- a/sound/pci/riptide/riptide.c
+++ b/sound/pci/riptide/riptide.c
@@ -470,10 +470,10 @@ struct snd_riptide {
 };
 
 struct sgd {			/* scatter gather desriptor */
-	u32 dwNextLink;
-	u32 dwSegPtrPhys;
-	u32 dwSegLen;
-	u32 dwStat_Ctl;
+	__le32 dwNextLink;
+	__le32 dwSegPtrPhys;
+	__le32 dwSegLen;
+	__le32 dwStat_Ctl;
 };
 
 struct pcmhw {			/* pcm descriptor */