diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c
index 148d431fcde42..c460168131c26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_packet.c
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ static void sparx5_xtr_grp(struct sparx5 *sparx5, u8 grp, bool byte_swap)
 			/* This assumes STATUS_WORD_POS == 1, Status
 			 * just after last data
 			 */
+			if (!byte_swap)
+				val = ntohl((__force __be32)val);
 			byte_cnt -= (4 - XTR_VALID_BYTES(val));
 			eof_flag = true;
 			break;