diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 9b7b989273d4..d8116a43a287 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static inline void *freelist_ptr(const struct kmem_cache *s, void *ptr,
 				 unsigned long ptr_addr)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
-	return (void *)((unsigned long)ptr ^ s->random ^ ptr_addr);
+	return (void *)((unsigned long)ptr ^ s->random ^ swab(ptr_addr));
 #else
 	return ptr;
 #endif