diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/xgmac_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/xgmac_mdio.c
index 7b8fe866f60380f6ba23e31d915e472666e99be0..e03b30c60dcfda168291ce7f3a93306b3f3748de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/xgmac_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/xgmac_mdio.c
@@ -271,11 +271,8 @@ static int xgmac_mdio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_ioremap;
 	}
 
-	if (of_get_property(pdev->dev.of_node,
-			    "little-endian", NULL))
-		priv->is_little_endian = true;
-	else
-		priv->is_little_endian = false;
+	priv->is_little_endian = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node,
+						       "little-endian");
 
 	ret = of_mdiobus_register(bus, np);
 	if (ret) {