diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_hw.h b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_hw.h
index af5643324ee3..7a7684d094dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_hw.h
@@ -534,12 +534,12 @@ typedef enum {
  * in which case the structure must be packed in some compiler-specific
  * manner. */
 struct ixgb_rx_desc {
-	uint64_t buff_addr;
-	uint16_t length;
-	uint16_t reserved;
+	__le64 buff_addr;
+	__le16 length;
+	__le16 reserved;
 	uint8_t status;
 	uint8_t errors;
-	uint16_t special;
+	__le16 special;
 };
 
 #define IXGB_RX_DESC_STATUS_DD    0x01
@@ -567,11 +567,11 @@ struct ixgb_rx_desc {
  * in which case the structure must be packed in some compiler-specific
  * manner. */
 struct ixgb_tx_desc {
-	uint64_t buff_addr;
-	uint32_t cmd_type_len;
+	__le64 buff_addr;
+	__le32 cmd_type_len;
 	uint8_t status;
 	uint8_t popts;
-	uint16_t vlan;
+	__le16 vlan;
 };
 
 #define IXGB_TX_DESC_LENGTH_MASK    0x000FFFFF
@@ -596,14 +596,14 @@ struct ixgb_tx_desc {
 struct ixgb_context_desc {
 	uint8_t ipcss;
 	uint8_t ipcso;
-	uint16_t ipcse;
+	__le16 ipcse;
 	uint8_t tucss;
 	uint8_t tucso;
-	uint16_t tucse;
-	uint32_t cmd_type_len;
+	__le16 tucse;
+	__le32 cmd_type_len;
 	uint8_t status;
 	uint8_t hdr_len;
-	uint16_t mss;
+	__le16 mss;
 };
 
 #define IXGB_CONTEXT_DESC_CMD_TCP 0x01000000