diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 06a59b4..965d7db 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -2089,6 +2089,12 @@
 
     if (domain == PF_NETLINK)
         return -TARGET_EAFNOSUPPORT;
+
+    if (domain == AF_PACKET ||
+        (domain == AF_INET && type == SOCK_PACKET)) {
+        protocol = tswap16(protocol);
+    }
+
     ret = get_errno(socket(domain, type, protocol));
     if (ret >= 0) {
         ret = sock_flags_fixup(ret, target_type);