diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unaligned.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unaligned.h
index 5f1b1e3c21374d5a1833ed00c9af9d5c06a35123..8296381ae43294e679976f6a82d3bb936d64921f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unaligned.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unaligned.h
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 /*
- * The PowerPC can do unaligned accesses itself in big endian mode.
+ * The PowerPC can do unaligned accesses itself based on its endian mode.
  */
 #include <linux/unaligned/access_ok.h>
 #include <linux/unaligned/generic.h>
 
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+#define get_unaligned	__get_unaligned_le
+#define put_unaligned	__put_unaligned_le
+#else
 #define get_unaligned	__get_unaligned_be
 #define put_unaligned	__put_unaligned_be
+#endif
 
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_UNALIGNED_H */