diff --git a/fs/ubifs/sb.c b/fs/ubifs/sb.c
index a551eb3e9b892b..2b7c04bf8983e3 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/sb.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/sb.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int create_default_filesystem(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	} else {
-		sup->hash_algo = 0xffff;
+		sup->hash_algo = cpu_to_le16(0xffff);
 	}
 
 	sup->ch.node_type  = UBIFS_SB_NODE;