diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index e5d7649136fcb3..b5732a54f2ad60 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void tcp_time_wait(struct sock *sk, int state, int timeo)
 			tw->tw_v6_daddr = sk->sk_v6_daddr;
 			tw->tw_v6_rcv_saddr = sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr;
 			tw->tw_tclass = np->tclass;
-			tw->tw_flowlabel = np->flow_label >> 12;
+			tw->tw_flowlabel = be32_to_cpu(np->flow_label & IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK);
 			tw->tw_ipv6only = sk->sk_ipv6only;
 		}
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index b6575d6655681e..3adffb300238eb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_timewait_ack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			tcptw->tw_rcv_wnd >> tw->tw_rcv_wscale,
 			tcp_time_stamp + tcptw->tw_ts_offset,
 			tcptw->tw_ts_recent, tw->tw_bound_dev_if, tcp_twsk_md5_key(tcptw),
-			tw->tw_tclass, (tw->tw_flowlabel << 12));
+			tw->tw_tclass, cpu_to_be32(tw->tw_flowlabel));
 
 	inet_twsk_put(tw);
 }