* shouldn't the sequence number be in ieee80211? */
 }
 
-static u16
+static __le16
 ieee80211softmac_capabilities(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac,
        struct ieee80211softmac_network *net)
 {
-       u16 capability = 0;
+       __le16 capability = 0;
 
        /* ESS and IBSS bits are set according to the current mode */
        switch (mac->ieee->iw_mode) {
                capability = cpu_to_le16(WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS);
                break;
        case IW_MODE_AUTO:
-               capability = net->capabilities &
-                       (WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS|WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS);
+               capability = cpu_to_le16(net->capabilities &
+                       (WLAN_CAPABILITY_ESS|WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS));
                break;
        default:
                /* bleh. we don't ever go to these modes */
        /* Short Preamble */
        /* Always supported: we probably won't ever be powering devices which
         * dont support this... */
-       capability |= WLAN_CAPABILITY_SHORT_PREAMBLE;
+       capability |= cpu_to_le16(WLAN_CAPABILITY_SHORT_PREAMBLE);
 
        /* PBCC */
        /* Not widely used */