diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
index 6937ca42be8c..a184c9830ca5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int __write_initial_superblock(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd)
 	disk_super->version = cpu_to_le32(MAX_CACHE_VERSION);
 	memset(disk_super->policy_name, 0, sizeof(disk_super->policy_name));
 	memset(disk_super->policy_version, 0, sizeof(disk_super->policy_version));
-	disk_super->policy_hint_size = 0;
+	disk_super->policy_hint_size = cpu_to_le32(0);
 
 	__copy_sm_root(cmd, disk_super);
 
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ static int __commit_transaction(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd,
 	disk_super->policy_version[0] = cpu_to_le32(cmd->policy_version[0]);
 	disk_super->policy_version[1] = cpu_to_le32(cmd->policy_version[1]);
 	disk_super->policy_version[2] = cpu_to_le32(cmd->policy_version[2]);
+	disk_super->policy_hint_size = cpu_to_le32(cmd->policy_hint_size);
 
 	disk_super->read_hits = cpu_to_le32(cmd->stats.read_hits);
 	disk_super->read_misses = cpu_to_le32(cmd->stats.read_misses);