diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-ls-extirq.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-ls-extirq.c
index d8d48b1f7c29d..139f26b0a6ef8 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-ls-extirq.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-ls-extirq.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ ls_extirq_of_init(struct device_node *node, struct device_node *parent)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_parse_map;
 
-	priv->big_endian = of_device_is_big_endian(parent);
+	priv->big_endian = of_device_is_big_endian(node->parent);
 	priv->is_ls1021a_or_ls1043a = of_device_is_compatible(node, "fsl,ls1021a-extirq") ||
 				      of_device_is_compatible(node, "fsl,ls1043a-extirq");
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);