diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
index 363599683784..9b90efcc3a35 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added
 to the end of the initrd (initramfs) image file with padding, size,
 checksum and 12-byte magic word as below.
 
-[initrd][bootconfig][padding][size(u32)][checksum(u32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n]
+[initrd][bootconfig][padding][size(le32)][checksum(le32)][#BOOTCONFIG\n]
+
+The size and checksum fields are unsigned 32bit little endian value.
 
 When the boot configuration is added to the initrd image, the total
 file size is aligned to 4 bytes. To fill the gap, null characters
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 20baced721ad..32b2a8affafd 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ static void * __init get_boot_config_from_initrd(u32 *_size, u32 *_csum)
 
 found:
 	hdr = (u32 *)(data - 8);
-	size = hdr[0];
-	csum = hdr[1];
+	size = le32_to_cpu(hdr[0]);
+	csum = le32_to_cpu(hdr[1]);
 
 	data = ((void *)hdr) - size;
 	if ((unsigned long)data < initrd_start) {
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/main.c b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
index 4a445b6304bb..7362bef1a368 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/main.c
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <endian.h>
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/bootconfig.h>
@@ -183,9 +184,11 @@ static int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf)
 
 	if (read(fd, &size, sizeof(u32)) < 0)
 		return pr_errno("Failed to read size", -errno);
+	size = le32toh(size);
 
 	if (read(fd, &csum, sizeof(u32)) < 0)
 		return pr_errno("Failed to read checksum", -errno);
+	csum = le32toh(csum);
 
 	/* Wrong size error  */
 	if (stat.st_size < size + 8 + BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN) {
@@ -407,10 +410,10 @@ static int apply_xbc(const char *path, const char *xbc_path)
 
 	/* Add a footer */
 	p = data + size;
-	*(u32 *)p = size;
+	*(u32 *)p = htole32(size);
 	p += sizeof(u32);
 
-	*(u32 *)p = csum;
+	*(u32 *)p = htole32(csum);
 	p += sizeof(u32);
 
 	memcpy(p, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC, BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC_LEN);