diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_reject_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_reject_ipv4.c
index fff5ba1a33b7..4a5e94ac314a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_reject_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_reject_ipv4.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int nft_reject_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_expr *expr)
 {
 	const struct nft_reject *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 
-	if (nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_REJECT_TYPE, priv->type))
+	if (nla_put_be32(skb, NFTA_REJECT_TYPE, htonl(priv->type)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	switch (priv->type) {