diff --git a/arch/nds32/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/nds32/Kconfig.cpu
index ba44cc539da9a03381fd383e95753dde8685ac7a..b8c8984d145616c48083d1d0b63ae45ae1a177b9 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/nds32/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 comment "Processor Features"
 
 config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
-	bool "Big endian"
+	def_bool !CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 
 config CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-        def_bool !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+	bool "Little endian"
+	default y
 
 config HWZOL
 	bool "hardware zero overhead loop support"
diff --git a/arch/nds32/Makefile b/arch/nds32/Makefile
index 20edf34e70ce7fb4cab2823c63ed2e25317846f2..513bb2e9baf9fa84615a8d03ce9ec57fb7f55849 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/nds32/Makefile
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -EL)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -EL)
+LDFLAGS         += $(call cc-option, -EL)
 else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -EB)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS   += $(call cc-option, -EB)
+LDFLAGS         += $(call cc-option, -EB)
 endif
 
 boot := arch/nds32/boot