diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_tmpl.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_tmpl.c
index 294d77c02cdf..f169292448bd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_tmpl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_tmpl.c
@@ -910,7 +910,8 @@ qla27xx_template_checksum(void *p, ulong size)
 static inline int
 qla27xx_verify_template_checksum(struct qla27xx_fwdt_template *tmp)
 {
-	return qla27xx_template_checksum(tmp, tmp->template_size) == 0;
+	return qla27xx_template_checksum(tmp,
+		le32_to_cpu(tmp->template_size)) == 0;
 }
 
 static inline int
@@ -926,7 +927,7 @@ qla27xx_execute_fwdt_template(struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
 	ulong len = 0;
 
 	if (qla27xx_fwdt_template_valid(tmp)) {
-		len = tmp->template_size;
+		len = le32_to_cpu(tmp->template_size);
 		tmp = memcpy(buf, tmp, len);
 		ql27xx_edit_template(vha, tmp);
 		qla27xx_walk_template(vha, tmp, buf, &len);
@@ -942,7 +943,7 @@ qla27xx_fwdt_calculate_dump_size(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, void *p)
 	ulong len = 0;
 
 	if (qla27xx_fwdt_template_valid(tmp)) {
-		len = tmp->template_size;
+		len = le32_to_cpu(tmp->template_size);
 		qla27xx_walk_template(vha, tmp, NULL, &len);
 	}
 
@@ -954,7 +955,7 @@ qla27xx_fwdt_template_size(void *p)
 {
 	struct qla27xx_fwdt_template *tmp = p;
 
-	return tmp->template_size;
+	return le32_to_cpu(tmp->template_size);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_tmpl.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_tmpl.h
index d2a0014e8b21..fb8ab3bc86c2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_tmpl.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_tmpl.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 struct __packed qla27xx_fwdt_template {
 	__le32 template_type;
 	__le32 entry_offset;
-	uint32_t template_size;
+	__le32 template_size;
 	uint32_t count;		/* borrow field for running/residual count */
 
 	__le32 entry_count;