2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/context.c b/arch/arm/mm/context.c
index bc4a5e9ebb78..7a0511191f6b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/context.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/context.c
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
  * The ASID is used to tag entries in the CPU caches and TLBs.
  * The context ID is used by debuggers and trace logic, and
  * should be unique within all running processes.
+ *
+ * In big endian operation, the two 32 bit words are swapped if accesed by
+ * non 64-bit operations.
  */
 #define ASID_FIRST_VERSION      (1ULL << ASID_BITS)
 #define NUM_USER_ASIDS          (ASID_FIRST_VERSION - 1)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-macros.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-macros.S
index eb6aa73bc8b7..f9a0aa725ea9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-macros.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-macros.S
@@ -38,9 +38,14 @@
 
 /*
  * mmid - get context id from mm pointer (mm->context.id)
+ * note, this field is 64bit, so in big-endian the two words are swapped too.
  */
         .macro  mmid, rd, rn
+#ifdef __ARMEB__
+        ldr     \rd, [\rn, #MM_CONTEXT_ID + 4 ]
+#else
         ldr     \rd, [\rn, #MM_CONTEXT_ID]
+#endif
         .endm
 
 /*