diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/cow.h b/arch/um/drivers/cow.h
index dc36b22..6673508 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/cow.h
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/cow.h
@@ -3,41 +3,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/types.h>
 
-#if defined(__KERNEL__)
-
-# include <asm/byteorder.h>
-
-# if defined(__BIG_ENDIAN)
-#	define ntohll(x) (x)
-#	define htonll(x) (x)
-# elif defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
-#	define ntohll(x)  be64_to_cpu(x)
-#	define htonll(x)  cpu_to_be64(x)
-# else
-#	error "Could not determine byte order"
-# endif
-
-#else
-/* For the definition of ntohl, htonl and __BYTE_ORDER */
-#include <endian.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#if defined(__BYTE_ORDER)
-
-#  if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
-#	define ntohll(x) (x)
-#	define htonll(x) (x)
-#  elif __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#	define ntohll(x)  bswap_64(x)
-#	define htonll(x)  bswap_64(x)
-#  else
-#	error "Could not determine byte order: __BYTE_ORDER uncorrectly defined"
-#  endif
-
-#else  /* ! defined(__BYTE_ORDER) */
-#	error "Could not determine byte order: __BYTE_ORDER not defined"
-#endif
-#endif /* ! defined(__KERNEL__) */
-
 extern int init_cow_file(int fd, char *cow_file, char *backing_file,
 			 int sectorsize, int alignment, int *bitmap_offset_out,
 			 unsigned long *bitmap_len_out, int *data_offset_out);
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
index 9cbb426..0ee9cc6 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
  * that.
  */
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <byteswap.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <asm/types.h>
+#include <endian.h>
 #include "cow.h"
 #include "cow_sys.h"
 
@@ -214,8 +213,8 @@
 			   "header\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
-	header->magic = htonl(COW_MAGIC);
-	header->version = htonl(COW_VERSION);
+	header->magic = htobe32(COW_MAGIC);
+	header->version = htobe32(COW_VERSION);
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (strlen(backing_file) > sizeof(header->backing_file) - 1) {
@@ -246,10 +245,10 @@
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	header->mtime = htonl(modtime);
-	header->size = htonll(*size);
-	header->sectorsize = htonl(sectorsize);
-	header->alignment = htonl(alignment);
+	header->mtime = htobe32(modtime);
+	header->size = htobe64(*size);
+	header->sectorsize = htobe32(sectorsize);
+	header->alignment = htobe32(alignment);
 	header->cow_format = COW_BITMAP;
 
 	err = cow_write_file(fd, header, sizeof(*header));
@@ -301,8 +300,8 @@
 	magic = header->v1.magic;
 	if (magic == COW_MAGIC)
 		version = header->v1.version;
-	else if (magic == ntohl(COW_MAGIC))
-		version = ntohl(header->v1.version);
+	else if (magic == be32toh(COW_MAGIC))
+		version = be32toh(header->v1.version);
 	/* No error printed because the non-COW case comes through here */
 	else goto out;
 
@@ -327,9 +326,9 @@
 				   "header\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
-		*mtime_out = ntohl(header->v2.mtime);
-		*size_out = ntohll(header->v2.size);
-		*sectorsize_out = ntohl(header->v2.sectorsize);
+		*mtime_out = be32toh(header->v2.mtime);
+		*size_out = be64toh(header->v2.size);
+		*sectorsize_out = be32toh(header->v2.sectorsize);
 		*bitmap_offset_out = sizeof(header->v2);
 		*align_out = *sectorsize_out;
 		file = header->v2.backing_file;
@@ -341,10 +340,10 @@
 				   "header\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
-		*mtime_out = ntohl(header->v3.mtime);
-		*size_out = ntohll(header->v3.size);
-		*sectorsize_out = ntohl(header->v3.sectorsize);
-		*align_out = ntohl(header->v3.alignment);
+		*mtime_out = be32toh(header->v3.mtime);
+		*size_out = be64toh(header->v3.size);
+		*sectorsize_out = be32toh(header->v3.sectorsize);
+		*align_out = be32toh(header->v3.alignment);
 		if (*align_out == 0) {
 			cow_printf("read_cow_header - invalid COW header, "
 				   "align == 0\n");
@@ -366,16 +365,16 @@
 		 * this was used until Dec2005 - 64bits are needed to represent
 		 * 2038+. I.e. we can safely do this truncating cast.
 		 *
-		 * Additionally, we must use ntohl() instead of ntohll(), since
+		 * Additionally, we must use be32toh() instead of be64toh(), since
 		 * the program used to use the former (tested - I got mtime
 		 * mismatch "0 vs whatever").
 		 *
 		 * Ever heard about bug-to-bug-compatibility ? ;-) */
-		*mtime_out = (time32_t) ntohl(header->v3_b.mtime);
+		*mtime_out = (time32_t) be32toh(header->v3_b.mtime);
 
-		*size_out = ntohll(header->v3_b.size);
-		*sectorsize_out = ntohl(header->v3_b.sectorsize);
-		*align_out = ntohl(header->v3_b.alignment);
+		*size_out = be64toh(header->v3_b.size);
+		*sectorsize_out = be32toh(header->v3_b.sectorsize);
+		*align_out = be32toh(header->v3_b.alignment);
 		if (*align_out == 0) {
 			cow_printf("read_cow_header - invalid COW header, "
 				   "align == 0\n");