diff --git a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h
index 9da71d415c38..ea5ca444c7e3 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_ARC_BYTEORDER_H
 #define __ASM_ARC_BYTEORDER_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 #include <linux/byteorder/big_endian.h>
 #else
 #include <linux/byteorder/little_endian.h>