diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
index b1faa1593c90..0121d2140ab9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c
@@ -212,11 +212,19 @@ static int __kprobes read_mem_unaligned(unsigned long *dest, unsigned long ea,
 {
 	int err;
 	unsigned long x, b, c;
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+	int len = nb; /* save a copy of the length for byte reversal */
+#endif
 
 	/* unaligned, do this in pieces */
 	x = 0;
 	for (; nb > 0; nb -= c) {
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+		c = 1;
+#endif
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 		c = max_align(ea);
+#endif
 		if (c > nb)
 			c = max_align(nb);
 		err = read_mem_aligned(&b, ea, c);
@@ -225,7 +233,24 @@ static int __kprobes read_mem_unaligned(unsigned long *dest, unsigned long ea,
 		x = (x << (8 * c)) + b;
 		ea += c;
 	}
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+	switch (len) {
+	case 2:
+		*dest = byterev_2(x);
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		*dest = byterev_4(x);
+		break;
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+	case 8:
+		*dest = byterev_8(x);
+		break;
+#endif
+	}
+#endif
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 	*dest = x;
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -273,9 +298,29 @@ static int __kprobes write_mem_unaligned(unsigned long val, unsigned long ea,
 	int err;
 	unsigned long c;
 
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+	switch (nb) {
+	case 2:
+		val = byterev_2(val);
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		val = byterev_4(val);
+		break;
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+	case 8:
+		val = byterev_8(val);
+		break;
+#endif
+	}
+#endif
 	/* unaligned or little-endian, do this in pieces */
 	for (; nb > 0; nb -= c) {
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+		c = 1;
+#endif
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 		c = max_align(ea);
+#endif
 		if (c > nb)
 			c = max_align(nb);
 		err = write_mem_aligned(val >> (nb - c) * 8, ea, c);