diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h
index b771bf1b5352..103270d5a9fc 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h
@@ -502,10 +502,10 @@ extern inline void writeq(u64 b, volatile void __iomem *addr)
 }
 #endif
 
-#define ioread16be(p) be16_to_cpu(ioread16(p))
-#define ioread32be(p) be32_to_cpu(ioread32(p))
-#define iowrite16be(v,p) iowrite16(cpu_to_be16(v), (p))
-#define iowrite32be(v,p) iowrite32(cpu_to_be32(v), (p))
+#define ioread16be(p) swab16(ioread16(p))
+#define ioread32be(p) swab32(ioread32(p))
+#define iowrite16be(v,p) iowrite16(swab16(v), (p))
+#define iowrite32be(v,p) iowrite32(swab32(v), (p))
 
 #define inb_p		inb
 #define inw_p		inw