diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 8ef05121d3cd..c610961720c7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	pgd_t *pgdir;
 
 	u8 io_gpr; /* GPR used as IO source/target */
-	u8 mmio_is_bigendian;
+	u8 mmio_host_swabbed;
 	u8 mmio_sign_extend;
 	u8 osi_needed;
 	u8 osi_enabled;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 27c0face86f4..41c5f8f8a20d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static void kvmppc_complete_mmio_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (vcpu->arch.mmio_is_bigendian) {
+	if (!vcpu->arch.mmio_host_swabbed) {
 		switch (run->mmio.len) {
 		case 8: gpr = *(u64 *)run->mmio.data; break;
 		case 4: gpr = *(u32 *)run->mmio.data; break;
@@ -728,10 +728,10 @@ static void kvmppc_complete_mmio_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		case 1: gpr = *(u8 *)run->mmio.data; break;
 		}
 	} else {
-		/* Convert BE data from userland back to LE. */
 		switch (run->mmio.len) {
-		case 4: gpr = ld_le32((u32 *)run->mmio.data); break;
-		case 2: gpr = ld_le16((u16 *)run->mmio.data); break;
+		case 8: gpr = swab64(*(u64 *)run->mmio.data); break;
+		case 4: gpr = swab32(*(u32 *)run->mmio.data); break;
+		case 2: gpr = swab16(*(u16 *)run->mmio.data); break;
 		case 1: gpr = *(u8 *)run->mmio.data; break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -780,14 +780,13 @@ int kvmppc_handle_load(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		       int is_default_endian)
 {
 	int idx, ret;
-	int is_bigendian;
+	bool host_swabbed;
 
+	/* Pity C doesn't have a logical XOR operator */
 	if (kvmppc_need_byteswap(vcpu)) {
-		/* Default endianness is "little endian". */
-		is_bigendian = !is_default_endian;
+		host_swabbed = is_default_endian;
 	} else {
-		/* Default endianness is "big endian". */
-		is_bigendian = is_default_endian;
+		host_swabbed = !is_default_endian;
 	}
 
 	if (bytes > sizeof(run->mmio.data)) {
@@ -800,7 +799,7 @@ int kvmppc_handle_load(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	run->mmio.is_write = 0;
 
 	vcpu->arch.io_gpr = rt;
-	vcpu->arch.mmio_is_bigendian = is_bigendian;
+	vcpu->arch.mmio_host_swabbed = host_swabbed;
 	vcpu->mmio_needed = 1;
 	vcpu->mmio_is_write = 0;
 	vcpu->arch.mmio_sign_extend = 0;
@@ -840,14 +839,13 @@ int kvmppc_handle_store(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 {
 	void *data = run->mmio.data;
 	int idx, ret;
-	int is_bigendian;
+	bool host_swabbed;
 
+	/* Pity C doesn't have a logical XOR operator */
 	if (kvmppc_need_byteswap(vcpu)) {
-		/* Default endianness is "little endian". */
-		is_bigendian = !is_default_endian;
+		host_swabbed = is_default_endian;
 	} else {
-		/* Default endianness is "big endian". */
-		is_bigendian = is_default_endian;
+		host_swabbed = !is_default_endian;
 	}
 
 	if (bytes > sizeof(run->mmio.data)) {
@@ -862,7 +860,7 @@ int kvmppc_handle_store(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	vcpu->mmio_is_write = 1;
 
 	/* Store the value at the lowest bytes in 'data'. */
-	if (is_bigendian) {
+	if (!host_swabbed) {
 		switch (bytes) {
 		case 8: *(u64 *)data = val; break;
 		case 4: *(u32 *)data = val; break;
@@ -870,11 +868,11 @@ int kvmppc_handle_store(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		case 1: *(u8  *)data = val; break;
 		}
 	} else {
-		/* Store LE value into 'data'. */
 		switch (bytes) {
-		case 4: st_le32(data, val); break;
-		case 2: st_le16(data, val); break;
-		case 1: *(u8 *)data = val; break;
+		case 8: *(u64 *)data = swab64(val); break;
+		case 4: *(u32 *)data = swab32(val); break;
+		case 2: *(u16 *)data = swab16(val); break;
+		case 1: *(u8  *)data = val; break;
 		}
 	}