diff --git a/drivers/iio/gyro/mpu3050-core.c b/drivers/iio/gyro/mpu3050-core.c
index 80154bca18b6..8e908a749f95 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/gyro/mpu3050-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/gyro/mpu3050-core.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mpu3050_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 				toread = bytes_per_datum;
 				offset = 1;
 				/* Put in some dummy value */
-				fifo_values[0] = 0xAAAA;
+				fifo_values[0] = cpu_to_be16(0xAAAA);
 			}
 
 			ret = regmap_bulk_read(mpu3050->map,