diff --git a/include/asm-mips/compat.h b/include/asm-mips/compat.h
index 986511db54a671d05780824a17d2aa6b09c88e98..900f472fdd2b5fc92fc6547893d5a9938a71731f 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/compat.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/compat.h
@@ -145,8 +145,5 @@ static inline void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
 
 	return (void __user *) (regs->regs[29] - len);
 }
-#if defined (__MIPSEL__)
-#define __COMPAT_ENDIAN_SWAP__ 	1
-#endif
 
 #endif /* _ASM_COMPAT_H */
diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index 2f672332430f08484ded8f07c2c61ae544bc5465..126dee9530aacc13a37d304ee8a4b54f69355a82 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -730,17 +730,10 @@ void
 sigset_from_compat (sigset_t *set, compat_sigset_t *compat)
 {
 	switch (_NSIG_WORDS) {
-#if defined (__COMPAT_ENDIAN_SWAP__)
-	case 4: set->sig[3] = compat->sig[7] | (((long)compat->sig[6]) << 32 );
-	case 3: set->sig[2] = compat->sig[5] | (((long)compat->sig[4]) << 32 );
-	case 2: set->sig[1] = compat->sig[3] | (((long)compat->sig[2]) << 32 );
-	case 1: set->sig[0] = compat->sig[1] | (((long)compat->sig[0]) << 32 );
-#else
 	case 4: set->sig[3] = compat->sig[6] | (((long)compat->sig[7]) << 32 );
 	case 3: set->sig[2] = compat->sig[4] | (((long)compat->sig[5]) << 32 );
 	case 2: set->sig[1] = compat->sig[2] | (((long)compat->sig[3]) << 32 );
 	case 1: set->sig[0] = compat->sig[0] | (((long)compat->sig[1]) << 32 );
-#endif
 	}
 }