diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c
index 6380b60fd4900..2b09b2c69857a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static void nvmet_bdev_execute_rw(struct nvmet_req *req)
 		iter_flags = SG_MITER_FROM_SG;
 	}
 
-	if (req->cmd->rw.control & NVME_RW_LR)
+	if (req->cmd->rw.control & cpu_to_le16(NVME_RW_LR))
 		opf |= REQ_FAILFAST_DEV;
 
 	if (is_pci_p2pdma_page(sg_page(req->sg)))