diff --git a/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/types/attr/BgpLinkAttrIgpMetric.java b/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/types/attr/BgpLinkAttrIgpMetric.java
index 5721cf6..e8181d5 100644
--- a/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/types/attr/BgpLinkAttrIgpMetric.java
+++ b/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/types/attr/BgpLinkAttrIgpMetric.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     public static BgpLinkAttrIgpMetric read(ChannelBuffer cb)
             throws BgpParseException {
 
-        short linkigp;
+        int linkigp;
         int igpMetric = 0;
         int igpMetricLen = 0;
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         case ISIS_WIDE_METRIC:
             linkigp = cb.readShort();
             igpMetric = cb.readByte();
-            igpMetric = (igpMetric << 16) | linkigp;
+            igpMetric = (linkigp << 8) | igpMetric;
             igpMetricLen = ISIS_WIDE_METRIC;
             break;
         default: // validation is already in place