diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
index 0e7810ccd1ae7..c18d17d830a15 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pkeys.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static void scan_pkey_feature(void)
 	 * Since any pkey can be used for data or execute, we will just treat
 	 * all keys as equal and track them as one entity.
 	 */
-	pkeys_total = be32_to_cpu(vals[0]);
+	pkeys_total = vals[0];
 	pkeys_devtree_defined = true;
 }