diff --git a/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h b/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h
index ba2ca51ef67e323bc49693311115544dd2efa2bd..8202adea5e3d5de1fab7d8bd3b170a6a77314e71 100644
--- a/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h
+++ b/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h
@@ -1243,6 +1243,8 @@ struct cfg_marker {
         char              cm_comment[MTI_NAME_MAXLEN];
 };
 
+extern void lustre_swab_cfg_marker(struct cfg_marker *marker);
+
 /*
  * Opcodes for multiple servers.
  */
diff --git a/lustre/obdclass/llog_swab.c b/lustre/obdclass/llog_swab.c
index 8636e8518a40a8111ecb6a1494cc8af5207d3582..d361dcc6a5834e7415a9b84d680885ffa18263eb 100644
--- a/lustre/obdclass/llog_swab.c
+++ b/lustre/obdclass/llog_swab.c
@@ -265,3 +265,17 @@ void lustre_swab_lustre_cfg(struct lustre_cfg *lcfg)
         return;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lustre_swab_lustre_cfg);
+
+void lustre_swab_cfg_marker(struct cfg_marker *marker)
+{
+        int i;
+        ENTRY;
+
+        __swab32s(&marker->cm_step);
+        __swab32s(&marker->cm_flags);
+        __swab32s(&marker->cm_vers);
+
+        EXIT;
+        return;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lustre_swab_cfg_marker);
diff --git a/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c b/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
index 1cea0a0e1d57b3fa5aae346a6795f44bc8ba5668..980d34459e3b83884d538b017d0983a73971eb10 100644
--- a/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
+++ b/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
@@ -965,11 +965,13 @@ static int class_config_llog_handler(struct llog_handle * handle,
                 struct lustre_cfg_bufs bufs;
                 char *inst_name = NULL;
                 int inst_len = 0;
-                int inst = 0;
+                int inst = 0, swab = 0;
 
                 lcfg = (struct lustre_cfg *)cfg_buf;
-                if (lcfg->lcfg_version == __swab32(LUSTRE_CFG_VERSION))
+                if (lcfg->lcfg_version == __swab32(LUSTRE_CFG_VERSION)) {
                         lustre_swab_lustre_cfg(lcfg);
+                        swab = 1;
+                }
 
                 rc = lustre_cfg_sanity_check(cfg_buf, cfg_len);
                 if (rc)
@@ -978,6 +980,8 @@ static int class_config_llog_handler(struct llog_handle * handle,
                 /* Figure out config state info */
                 if (lcfg->lcfg_command == LCFG_MARKER) {
                         struct cfg_marker *marker = lustre_cfg_buf(lcfg, 1);
+                        if (swab)
+                                lustre_swab_cfg_marker(marker);
                         CDEBUG(D_CONFIG, "Marker, inst_flg=%#x mark_flg=%#x\n",
                                clli->cfg_flags, marker->cm_flags);
                         if (marker->cm_flags & CM_START) {