diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index 486a15ae901192fa3e26539b3d2b7003a1528e0f..e0eb9a1cae774fc714548c3e11ad5141cc82190e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -184,13 +184,22 @@ __create_page_tables:
 	orr	r3, r3, #3			@ PGD block type
 	mov	r6, #4				@ PTRS_PER_PGD
 	mov	r7, #1 << (55 - 32)		@ L_PGD_SWAPPER
-1:	str	r3, [r0], #4			@ set bottom PGD entry bits
+1:
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
 	str	r7, [r0], #4			@ set top PGD entry bits
+	str	r3, [r0], #4			@ set bottom PGD entry bits
+#else
+	str	r3, [r0], #4			@ set bottom PGD entry bits
+	str	r7, [r0], #4			@ set top PGD entry bits
+#endif
 	add	r3, r3, #0x1000			@ next PMD table
 	subs	r6, r6, #1
 	bne	1b
 
 	add	r4, r4, #0x1000			@ point to the PMD tables
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
+	add	r4, r4, #4			@ we only write the bottom word
+#endif
 #endif
 
 	ldr	r7, [r10, #PROCINFO_MM_MMUFLAGS] @ mm_mmuflags
@@ -258,6 +267,11 @@ __create_page_tables:
 	addne	r6, r6, #1 << SECTION_SHIFT
 	strne	r6, [r3]
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_LPAE) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8)
+	sub	r4, r4, #4			@ Fixup page table pointer
+						@ for 64-bit descriptors
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LL
 #if !defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_ICEDCC) && !defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SEMIHOSTING)
 	/*
@@ -276,13 +290,17 @@ __create_page_tables:
 	orr	r3, r7, r3, lsl #SECTION_SHIFT
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
 	mov	r7, #1 << (54 - 32)		@ XN
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
+	str	r7, [r0], #4
+	str	r3, [r0], #4
 #else
-	orr	r3, r3, #PMD_SECT_XN
-#endif
 	str	r3, [r0], #4
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
 	str	r7, [r0], #4
 #endif
+#else
+	orr	r3, r3, #PMD_SECT_XN
+	str	r3, [r0], #4
+#endif
 
 #else /* CONFIG_DEBUG_ICEDCC || CONFIG_DEBUG_SEMIHOSTING */
 	/* we don't need any serial debugging mappings */