diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 296bc03..056adc8a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
 
 config FPE_NWFPE_XP
 	bool "Support extended precision"
-	depends on FPE_NWFPE && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+	depends on FPE_NWFPE
 	help
 	  Say Y to include 80-bit support in the kernel floating-point
 	  emulator.  Otherwise, only 32 and 64-bit support is compiled in.
diff --git a/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.h b/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.h
index 9677ae8..da4c616 100644
--- a/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.h
+++ b/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpa11.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_FPE_NWFPE_XP
 	floatx80 fExtended;
 #else
-	int padding[3];
+	u32 padding[3];
 #endif
 } FPREG;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpa11_cpdt.c b/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpa11_cpdt.c
index b0db5cb..32859fa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpa11_cpdt.c
+++ b/arch/arm/nwfpe/fpa11_cpdt.c
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@
 	p = (unsigned int *) &fpa11->fpreg[Fn].fExtended;
 	fpa11->fType[Fn] = typeExtended;
 	get_user(p[0], &pMem[0]);	/* sign & exponent */
+#ifdef __ARMEB__
+	get_user(p[1], &pMem[1]);	/* ms bits */
+	get_user(p[2], &pMem[2]);	/* ls bits */
+#else
 	get_user(p[1], &pMem[2]);	/* ls bits */
 	get_user(p[2], &pMem[1]);	/* ms bits */
+#endif
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -177,8 +182,13 @@
 	}
 
 	put_user(val.i[0], &pMem[0]);	/* sign & exp */
+#ifdef __ARMEB__
+	put_user(val.i[1], &pMem[1]);	/* msw */
+	put_user(val.i[2], &pMem[2]);
+#else
 	put_user(val.i[1], &pMem[2]);
 	put_user(val.i[2], &pMem[1]);	/* msw */
+#endif
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/nwfpe/softfloat.h b/arch/arm/nwfpe/softfloat.h
index 1301d97..978c699 100644
--- a/arch/arm/nwfpe/softfloat.h
+++ b/arch/arm/nwfpe/softfloat.h
@@ -51,12 +51,17 @@
 Software IEC/IEEE floating-point types.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
-typedef unsigned long int float32;
-typedef unsigned long long float64;
+typedef u32 float32;
+typedef u64 float64;
 typedef struct {
-    unsigned short high;
-    unsigned short __padding;
-    unsigned long long low;
+#ifdef __ARMEB__
+    u16 __padding;
+    u16 high;
+#else
+    u16 high;
+    u16 __padding;
+#endif
+    u64 low;
 } floatx80;
 
 /*