diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index 1f608a6e2c14101882c5687c71755926c09d27d4..811af89ce0bb8f37b99898dc8b2a2d5f6e183d26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -1080,6 +1080,12 @@ static struct bt_ctf_field_type *create_int_type(int size, bool sign, bool hex)
 	    bt_ctf_field_type_integer_set_base(type, BT_CTF_INTEGER_BASE_HEXADECIMAL))
 		goto err;
 
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
+	bt_ctf_field_type_set_byte_order(type, BT_CTF_BYTE_ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN);
+#else
+	bt_ctf_field_type_set_byte_order(type, BT_CTF_BYTE_ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN);
+#endif
+
 	pr2("Created type: INTEGER %d-bit %ssigned %s\n",
 	    size, sign ? "un" : "", hex ? "hex" : "");
 	return type;