diff --git a/src/journal/sd-journal.c b/src/journal/sd-journal.c

index 5e1fd47..baf51db 100644

--- a/src/journal/sd-journal.c

+++ b/src/journal/sd-journal.c

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static void init_location(Location *l, JournalFile *f, Object *o) {

         l->seqnum_id = f->header->seqnum_id;

         l->realtime = le64toh(o->entry.realtime);

         l->monotonic = le64toh(o->entry.monotonic);

-        l->boot_id = le64toh(o->entry.boot_id);

+        l->boot_id = o->entry.boot_id;

         l->xor_hash = le64toh(o->entry.xor_hash);

         l->seqnum_set = l->realtime_set = l->monotonic_set = l->xor_hash_set = true;