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diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index d2347f8629..9287a7dd2b 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -34,6 +34,24 @@
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <asm/common.h>
+/*
+ * sanity check. The Linux Kernel defines only one of __LITTLE_ENDIAN and
+ * __BIG_ENDIAN. Endianess can then be tested with #ifdef __xx_ENDIAN. Userspace
+ * always defined both __LITTLE_ENDIAN and __BIG_ENDIAN and byteorder can then
+ * be tested with #if __BYTE_ORDER == __xx_ENDIAN.
+ *
+ * As we tend to use a lot of Kernel code in barebox we use the kernel way of
+ * determing the byte order. Make sure here that architecture code properly
+ * defines it.
+ */
+#include <asm/byteorder.h>
+#if defined __LITTLE_ENDIAN && defined __BIG_ENDIAN
+#error "both __LITTLE_ENDIAN and __BIG_ENDIAN are defined"
+#endif
+#if !defined __LITTLE_ENDIAN && !defined __BIG_ENDIAN
+#error "None of __LITTLE_ENDIAN and __BIG_ENDIAN are defined"
+#endif
+
#define pr_info(fmt, arg...) printf(fmt, ##arg)
#define pr_notice(fmt, arg...) printf(fmt, ##arg)
#define pr_err(fmt, arg...) printf(fmt, ##arg)