diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt
index b494f8b8ef72..e98a9652ccc8 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt
@@ -5,15 +5,18 @@ Index     Device     Endianness properties
 ---------------------------------------------------
 1         BE         'big-endian'
 2         LE         'little-endian'
+3	  Native     'native-endian'
 
 For one device driver, which will run in different scenarios above
 on different SoCs using the devicetree, we need one way to simplify
 this.
 
-Required properties:
-- {big,little}-endian: these are boolean properties, if absent
-  meaning that the CPU and the Device are in the same endianness mode,
-  these properties are for register values and all the buffers only.
+Optional properties:
+- {big,little,native}-endian: these are boolean properties, if absent
+  then the implementation will choose a default based on the device
+  being controlled.  These properties are for register values and all
+  the buffers only.  Native endian means that the CPU and device have
+  the same endianness.
 
 Examples:
 Scenario 1 : CPU in LE mode & device in LE mode.
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index ee54e841de4a..343263449aff 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ enum regmap_endian regmap_get_val_endian(struct device *dev,
 			endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG;
 		else if (of_property_read_bool(np, "little-endian"))
 			endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_LITTLE;
+		else if (of_property_read_bool(np, "native-endian"))
+			endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_NATIVE;
 
 		/* If the endianness was specified in DT, use that */
 		if (endian != REGMAP_ENDIAN_DEFAULT)