diff --git a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_def.h b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_def.h
index e5a7b28f6..05558b848 100644
--- a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_def.h
+++ b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_def.h
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ struct els_logo_payload {
 struct els_plogi_payload {
 	uint8_t opcode;
 	uint8_t rsvd[3];
-	uint8_t data[112];
+	__be32	data[112 / 4];
 };
 
 struct ct_arg {
diff --git a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_init.c b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_init.c
index a0d5cabea..59311d9da 100644
--- a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_init.c
+++ b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_init.c
@@ -5076,7 +5076,7 @@ qla2x00_configure_local_loop(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 	if (N2N_TOPO(ha)) {
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(N2N_LOGIN_NEEDED, &vha->dpc_flags)) {
 			/* borrowing */
-			u32 *bp, i, sz;
+			u32 *bp, sz;
 
 			memset(ha->init_cb, 0, ha->init_cb_size);
 			sz = min_t(int, sizeof(struct els_plogi_payload),
@@ -5084,13 +5084,12 @@ qla2x00_configure_local_loop(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 			rval = qla24xx_get_port_login_templ(vha,
 			    ha->init_cb_dma, (void *)ha->init_cb, sz);
 			if (rval == QLA_SUCCESS) {
-				bp = (uint32_t *)ha->init_cb;
-				for (i = 0; i < sz/4 ; i++, bp++)
-					*bp = cpu_to_be32(*bp);
+				__be32 *q = &ha->plogi_els_payld.data[0];
 
-				memcpy(&ha->plogi_els_payld.data,
-				    (void *)ha->init_cb,
-				    sizeof(ha->plogi_els_payld.data));
+				bp = (uint32_t *)ha->init_cb;
+				cpu_to_be32_array(q, bp, sz / 4);
+
+				memcpy(bp, q, sizeof(ha->plogi_els_payld.data));
 			} else {
 				ql_dbg(ql_dbg_init, vha, 0x00d1,
 				    "PLOGI ELS param read fail.\n");