diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 7aaf150f89ba..1e444826a66e 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -529,10 +529,14 @@ static int init_vqs(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 static u32 virtio_balloon_cmd_id_received(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 {
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(VIRTIO_BALLOON_CONFIG_READ_CMD_ID,
-			       &vb->config_read_bitmap))
+			       &vb->config_read_bitmap)) {
 		virtio_cread(vb->vdev, struct virtio_balloon_config,
 			     free_page_report_cmd_id,
 			     &vb->cmd_id_received_cache);
+		/* Legacy balloon config space is LE, unlike all other devices. */
+		if (!virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1))
+			vb->cmd_id_received_cache = le32_to_cpu((__force __le32)vb->cmd_id_received_cache);
+	}
 
 	return vb->cmd_id_received_cache;
 }