diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index a308d41e4de0..e3357bf523df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -962,7 +962,17 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		tx_desc->ctrl.owner_opcode = op_own;
 		if (send_doorbell) {
 			wmb();
-			iowrite32(ring->doorbell_qpn,
+			/* Since there is no iowrite*_native() that writes the
+			 * value as is, without byteswapping - using the one
+			 * the doesn't do byteswapping in the relevant arch
+			 * endianness.
+			 */
+#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+			iowrite32(
+#else
+			iowrite32be(
+#endif
+				  ring->doorbell_qpn,
 				  ring->bf.uar->map + MLX4_SEND_DOORBELL);
 		} else {
 			ring->xmit_more++;