diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
index 779a78c2643502a4414af7d646f4dce810deba72..11c1d069d920a1fc97ec601ab0542c41708d7cc1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -124,15 +124,15 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf,
 void crash_free_reserved_phys_range(unsigned long begin, unsigned long end)
 {
 	unsigned long addr;
-	const u32 *basep, *sizep;
+	const __be32 *basep, *sizep;
 	unsigned int rtas_start = 0, rtas_end = 0;
 
 	basep = of_get_property(rtas.dev, "linux,rtas-base", NULL);
 	sizep = of_get_property(rtas.dev, "rtas-size", NULL);
 
 	if (basep && sizep) {
-		rtas_start = *basep;
-		rtas_end = *basep + *sizep;
+		rtas_start = be32_to_cpup(basep);
+		rtas_end = rtas_start + be32_to_cpup(sizep);
 	}
 
 	for (addr = begin; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {