diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 54fd989f9353..8bc1704ffdf3 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int send_cmd_id_start(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 	while (virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &unused))
 		;
 
-	vb->cmd_id_active = virtio32_to_cpu(vb->vdev,
+	vb->cmd_id_active = cpu_to_virtio32(vb->vdev,
 					virtio_balloon_cmd_id_received(vb));
 	sg_init_one(&sg, &vb->cmd_id_active, sizeof(vb->cmd_id_active));
 	err = virtqueue_add_outbuf(vq, &sg, 1, &vb->cmd_id_active, GFP_KERNEL);