diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index e2ba8858f3e105b60eb0476b786c33d4aa36e863..9d04dcd918152b54cb4f4c65d458805073efcdf0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ struct dso *dso__new(const char *name)
 		dso->sorted_by_name = 0;
 		dso->has_build_id = 0;
 		dso->kernel = DSO_TYPE_USER;
+		dso->needs_swap = DSO_SWAP__UNSET;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dso->node);
 	}
 
@@ -1156,6 +1157,33 @@ static size_t elf_addr_to_index(Elf *elf, GElf_Addr addr)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int dso__swap_init(struct dso *dso, unsigned char eidata)
+{
+	static unsigned int const endian = 1;
+
+	dso->needs_swap = DSO_SWAP__NO;
+
+	switch (eidata) {
+	case ELFDATA2LSB:
+		/* We are big endian, DSO is little endian. */
+		if (*(unsigned char const *)&endian != 1)
+			dso->needs_swap = DSO_SWAP__YES;
+		break;
+
+	case ELFDATA2MSB:
+		/* We are little endian, DSO is big endian. */
+		if (*(unsigned char const *)&endian != 0)
+			dso->needs_swap = DSO_SWAP__YES;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		pr_err("unrecognized DSO data encoding %d\n", eidata);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, const char *name,
 			 int fd, symbol_filter_t filter, int kmodule,
 			 int want_symtab)
@@ -1187,6 +1215,9 @@ static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, const char *name,
 		goto out_elf_end;
 	}
 
+	if (dso__swap_init(dso, ehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA]))
+		goto out_elf_end;
+
 	/* Always reject images with a mismatched build-id: */
 	if (dso->has_build_id) {
 		u8 build_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE];
@@ -1272,7 +1303,7 @@ static int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, const char *name,
 		if (opdsec && sym.st_shndx == opdidx) {
 			u32 offset = sym.st_value - opdshdr.sh_addr;
 			u64 *opd = opddata->d_buf + offset;
-			sym.st_value = *opd;
+			sym.st_value = DSO__SWAP(dso, u64, *opd);
 			sym.st_shndx = elf_addr_to_index(elf, sym.st_value);
 		}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 5649d63798cbfc0a24f3892d5a83b0d5809512ee..af0752b1aca1a9097b1eb552da416683bf3394c7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <byteswap.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE
 extern char *cplus_demangle(const char *, int);
@@ -160,11 +161,18 @@ enum dso_kernel_type {
 	DSO_TYPE_GUEST_KERNEL
 };
 
+enum dso_swap_type {
+	DSO_SWAP__UNSET,
+	DSO_SWAP__NO,
+	DSO_SWAP__YES,
+};
+
 struct dso {
 	struct list_head node;
 	struct rb_root	 symbols[MAP__NR_TYPES];
 	struct rb_root	 symbol_names[MAP__NR_TYPES];
 	enum dso_kernel_type	kernel;
+	enum dso_swap_type	needs_swap;
 	u8		 adjust_symbols:1;
 	u8		 has_build_id:1;
 	u8		 hit:1;
@@ -182,6 +190,28 @@ struct dso {
 	char		 name[0];
 };
 
+#define DSO__SWAP(dso, type, val)			\
+({							\
+	type ____r = val;				\
+	BUG_ON(dso->needs_swap == DSO_SWAP__UNSET);	\
+	if (dso->needs_swap == DSO_SWAP__YES) {		\
+		switch (sizeof(____r)) {		\
+		case 2:					\
+			____r = bswap_16(val);		\
+			break;				\
+		case 4:					\
+			____r = bswap_32(val);		\
+			break;				\
+		case 8:					\
+			____r = bswap_64(val);		\
+			break;				\
+		default:				\
+			BUG_ON(1);			\
+		}					\
+	}						\
+	____r;						\
+})
+
 struct dso *dso__new(const char *name);
 void dso__delete(struct dso *dso);