diff --git a/arch/xtensa/boot/dts/xtfpga.dtsi b/arch/xtensa/boot/dts/xtfpga.dtsi
index be3fd769677aab0e4f156a4d7f834bf2b79dc559..de133badcdc99d7851c60685dc71b03b3a34343e 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/boot/dts/xtfpga.dtsi
+++ b/arch/xtensa/boot/dts/xtfpga.dtsi
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 		enet0: ethoc@0d030000 {
 			compatible = "opencores,ethoc";
 			reg = <0x0d030000 0x4000 0x0d800000 0x4000>;
+			native-endian;
 			interrupts = <1 1>; /* external irq 1 */
 			local-mac-address = [00 50 c2 13 6f 00];
 			clocks = <&osc>;
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/xtfpga/setup.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/xtfpga/setup.c
index b7f468a6a557229d9d6ecce10b39f30bc1dfdf2e..b509d1f55ed5c2445f1bb4930b48a84c9d34edce 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/xtfpga/setup.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/xtfpga/setup.c
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ static struct ethoc_platform_data ethoc_pdata = {
 	 */
 	.hwaddr = { 0x00, 0x50, 0xc2, 0x13, 0x6f, 0 },
 	.phy_id = -1,
+	.big_endian = XCHAL_HAVE_BE,
 };
 
 static struct platform_device ethoc_device = {