diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/debug-macro.S b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/debug-macro.S
index 893873eb2a0d9b584da49485af9819bdeac68ae9..3fc66d6d00a01f9d5b559f65ce096ebbf5576717 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/debug-macro.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/debug-macro.S
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
                 moveq   \rx, #0xc8000000
                 movne   \rx, #0xff000000
 		orrne	\rx, \rx, #0x00b00000
+#ifdef __ARMEB__
                 add     \rx,\rx,#3              @ Uart regs are at off set of 3 if
 						@ byte writes used - Big Endian.
+#endif
                 .endm
 
 #define UART_SHIFT	2