diff --git a/drivers/net/macb.c b/drivers/net/macb.c
index f72d3ad..c99cf66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macb.c
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
 struct macb_device {
 	void			*regs;
 
+	bool			is_big_endian;
+
 	const struct macb_config *config;
 
 	unsigned int		rx_tail;
@@ -754,11 +756,10 @@
 	dmacfg |= GEM_BIT(TXPBMS) | GEM_BF(RXBMS, -1L);
 	dmacfg &= ~GEM_BIT(ENDIA_PKT);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-		dmacfg &= ~GEM_BIT(ENDIA_DESC);
-#else
+	if (macb->is_big_endian)
 		dmacfg |= GEM_BIT(ENDIA_DESC); /* CPU in big endian */
-#endif
+	else
+		dmacfg &= ~GEM_BIT(ENDIA_DESC);
 
 	dmacfg &= ~GEM_BIT(ADDR64);
 	gem_writel(macb, DMACFG, dmacfg);
@@ -1239,6 +1240,8 @@
 
 	macb->regs = (void *)pdata->iobase;
 
+	macb->is_big_endian = (cpu_to_be32(0x12345678) == 0x12345678);
+
 	macb->config = (struct macb_config *)dev_get_driver_data(dev);
 	if (!macb->config)
 		macb->config = &default_gem_config;