diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml
index 331f1b342b3a..3e6a38e31202 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/fou.yaml
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ attribute-sets:
       -
         name: type
         type: u8
+        enum: encap-type
       -
         name: remcsum-nopartial
         type: flag
       -
         name: local-v4
         type: u32
+        byte-order: big-endian
       -
         name: local-v6
         type: binary
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ attribute-sets:
       -
         name: peer-v4
         type: u32
+        byte-order: big-endian
       -
         name: peer-v6
         type: binary
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ operations:
         request: &all_attrs
           attributes:
             - port
+            - af
             - ipproto
             - type
             - remcsum-nopartial
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fou_nl.c b/net/ipv4/fou_nl.c
index 309d5ba983d0..ccd134ba352d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fou_nl.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fou_nl.c
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ const struct nla_policy fou_nl_policy[FOU_ATTR_IFINDEX + 1] = {
 	[FOU_ATTR_PORT] = { .type = NLA_BE16, },
 	[FOU_ATTR_AF] = { .type = NLA_U8, },
 	[FOU_ATTR_IPPROTO] = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U8, 1),
-	[FOU_ATTR_TYPE] = { .type = NLA_U8, },
+	[FOU_ATTR_TYPE] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U8, 2),
 	[FOU_ATTR_REMCSUM_NOPARTIAL] = { .type = NLA_FLAG, },
-	[FOU_ATTR_LOCAL_V4] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[FOU_ATTR_LOCAL_V4] = { .type = NLA_BE32, },
 	[FOU_ATTR_LOCAL_V6] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(16),
-	[FOU_ATTR_PEER_V4] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[FOU_ATTR_PEER_V4] = { .type = NLA_BE32, },
 	[FOU_ATTR_PEER_V6] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(16),
 	[FOU_ATTR_PEER_PORT] = { .type = NLA_BE16, },
 	[FOU_ATTR_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_S32, },