diff --git a/drivers/net/can/Kconfig b/drivers/net/can/Kconfig
index d447b881bbde..9e7d95dae2c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/can/Kconfig
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ config CAN_JANZ_ICAN3
 
 config CAN_FLEXCAN
 	tristate "Support for Freescale FLEXCAN based chips"
-	depends on (ARM && CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN) || PPC
+	depends on ARM || PPC
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here if you want to support for Freescale FlexCAN.
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
index aaed97bee471..320bef2dba42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
@@ -235,9 +235,12 @@ static const struct can_bittiming_const flexcan_bittiming_const = {
 };
 
 /*
- * Abstract off the read/write for arm versus ppc.
+ * Abstract off the read/write for arm versus ppc. This
+ * assumes that PPC uses big-endian registers and everything
+ * else uses little-endian registers, independent of CPU
+ * endianess.
  */
-#if defined(__BIG_ENDIAN)
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC)
 static inline u32 flexcan_read(void __iomem *addr)
 {
 	return in_be32(addr);