diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c
index b7a7854d3f7ed1ff3ec4c4d2b20d278601033b5f..a078b903a16858a79838309b8dd26a3c0dc4e0f6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ int cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* Build the PKO command */
 	pko_command.u64 = 0;
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	pko_command.s.le = 1;
+#endif
 	pko_command.s.n2 = 1;	/* Don't pollute L2 with the outgoing packet */
 	pko_command.s.segs = 1;
 	pko_command.s.total_bytes = skb->len;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
index 460e8545904fe174dc21cb68e81f9b22b0cd5e75..85618f155ffad2a6584ec9d138e7b4079142d374 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@ static void cvm_oct_configure_common_hw(void)
 		cvm_oct_mem_fill_fpa(CVMX_FPA_OUTPUT_BUFFER_POOL,
 				     CVMX_FPA_OUTPUT_BUFFER_POOL_SIZE, 128);
 
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	{
+		union cvmx_ipd_ctl_status ipd_ctl_status;
+		ipd_ctl_status.u64 = cvmx_read_csr(CVMX_IPD_CTL_STATUS);
+		ipd_ctl_status.s.pkt_lend = 1;
+		ipd_ctl_status.s.wqe_lend = 1;
+		cvmx_write_csr(CVMX_IPD_CTL_STATUS, ipd_ctl_status.u64);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (USE_RED)
 		cvmx_helper_setup_red(num_packet_buffers / 4,
 				      num_packet_buffers / 8);