diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index 11be9a84f8de..561ea834f732 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_link_dump(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	link_info.dest = nla_get_flag(link[TIPC_NLA_LINK_DEST]);
+	link_info.dest = htonl(nla_get_flag(link[TIPC_NLA_LINK_DEST]));
 	link_info.up = htonl(nla_get_flag(link[TIPC_NLA_LINK_UP]));
 	nla_strlcpy(link_info.str, link[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME],
 		    TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME);