diff --git a/fs/exfat/nls.c b/fs/exfat/nls.c
index 57b5a7a4d1f7a..a3c927501e676 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/nls.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/nls.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int exfat_utf8_to_utf16(struct super_block *sb,
 		struct exfat_uni_name *p_uniname, int *p_lossy)
 {
 	int i, unilen, lossy = NLS_NAME_NO_LOSSY;
-	unsigned short upname[MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
+	__le16 upname[MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
 	unsigned short *uniname = p_uniname->name;
 
 	WARN_ON(!len);
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static int exfat_utf8_to_utf16(struct super_block *sb,
 		    exfat_wstrchr(bad_uni_chars, *uniname))
 			lossy |= NLS_NAME_LOSSY;
 
-		upname[i] = exfat_toupper(sb, *uniname);
+		upname[i] = cpu_to_le16(exfat_toupper(sb, *uniname));
 		uniname++;
 	}
 
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static int exfat_nls_to_ucs2(struct super_block *sb,
 		struct exfat_uni_name *p_uniname, int *p_lossy)
 {
 	int i = 0, unilen = 0, lossy = NLS_NAME_NO_LOSSY;
-	unsigned short upname[MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
+	__le16 upname[MAX_NAME_LENGTH + 1];
 	unsigned short *uniname = p_uniname->name;
 	struct nls_table *nls = EXFAT_SB(sb)->nls_io;
 
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static int exfat_nls_to_ucs2(struct super_block *sb,
 		    exfat_wstrchr(bad_uni_chars, *uniname))
 			lossy |= NLS_NAME_LOSSY;
 
-		upname[unilen] = exfat_toupper(sb, *uniname);
+		upname[unilen] = cpu_to_le16(exfat_toupper(sb, *uniname));
 		uniname++;
 		unilen++;
 	}