diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c
index 1567a0c0f05c..316552dea4d8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ int parse_elf64(void *hdr, struct elf_info *info)
 	      elf64->e_ident[EI_MAG2]  == ELFMAG2	&&
 	      elf64->e_ident[EI_MAG3]  == ELFMAG3	&&
 	      elf64->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64	&&
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+	      elf64->e_ident[EI_DATA]  == ELFDATA2LSB	&&
+#else
 	      elf64->e_ident[EI_DATA]  == ELFDATA2MSB	&&
+#endif
 	      (elf64->e_type            == ET_EXEC ||
 	       elf64->e_type            == ET_DYN)	&&
 	      elf64->e_machine         == EM_PPC64))