diff --git a/qemu/include/exec/cpu-common.h b/qemu/include/exec/cpu-common.h
index 8424f11d..1b5d3c45 100644
--- a/qemu/include/exec/cpu-common.h
+++ b/qemu/include/exec/cpu-common.h
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ enum device_endian {
     DEVICE_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
 };
 
+#if defined(HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+#define DEVICE_HOST_ENDIAN DEVICE_BIG_ENDIAN
+#else
+#define DEVICE_HOST_ENDIAN DEVICE_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#endif
+
 /* address in the RAM (different from a physical address) */
 #if defined(CONFIG_XEN_BACKEND)
 typedef uint64_t ram_addr_t;
diff --git a/qemu/memory.c b/qemu/memory.c
index f0874a27..f7128f5b 100644
--- a/qemu/memory.c
+++ b/qemu/memory.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps ram_device_mem_ops = {
     memory_region_ram_device_write,
     NULL,
     NULL,
-    DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN,
+    DEVICE_HOST_ENDIAN,
     // valid
     {
         1, 8,