diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
index 409c8be58e7..8bd98c84f77 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_irc.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static const char *const dccprotos[] = {
  *	ad_beg_p	returns pointer to first byte of addr data
  *	ad_end_p	returns pointer to last byte of addr data
  */
-static int parse_dcc(char *data, const char *data_end, u_int32_t *ip,
+static int parse_dcc(char *data, const char *data_end, __be32 *ip,
 		     u_int16_t *port, char **ad_beg_p, char **ad_end_p)
 {
 	char *tmp;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int parse_dcc(char *data, const char *data_end, u_int32_t *ip,
 		return -1;
 
 	*ad_beg_p = data;
-	*ip = simple_strtoul(data, &data, 10);
+	*ip = cpu_to_be32(simple_strtoul(data, &data, 10));
 
 	/* skip blanks between ip and port */
 	while (*data == ' ') {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
 	int dir = CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo);
 	struct nf_conntrack_expect *exp;
 	struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple;
-	u_int32_t dcc_ip;
+	__be32 dcc_ip;
 	u_int16_t dcc_port;
 	__be16 port;
 	int i, ret = NF_ACCEPT;
@@ -177,13 +177,14 @@ static int help(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
 				pr_debug("unable to parse dcc command\n");
 				continue;
 			}
-			pr_debug("DCC bound ip/port: %u.%u.%u.%u:%u\n",
-				 HIPQUAD(dcc_ip), dcc_port);
+
+			pr_debug("DCC bound ip/port: %pI4:%u\n",
+				 &dcc_ip, dcc_port);
 
 			/* dcc_ip can be the internal OR external (NAT'ed) IP */
 			tuple = &ct->tuplehash[dir].tuple;
-			if (tuple->src.u3.ip != htonl(dcc_ip) &&
-			    tuple->dst.u3.ip != htonl(dcc_ip)) {
+			if (tuple->src.u3.ip != dcc_ip &&
+			    tuple->dst.u3.ip != dcc_ip) {
 				if (net_ratelimit())
 					printk(KERN_WARNING
 						"Forged DCC command from %pI4: %pI4:%u\n",