diff --git a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
index 9489e80e905a0f269f50ebb21e6a4add04567cc4..bdb2ce7ff03b9d086b6ec0c95d0055cb4eb68635 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ static struct syscon *of_syscon_register(struct device_node *np, bool check_clk)
 		goto err_map;
 	}
 
+	/* Parse the device's DT node for an endianness specification */
+	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "big-endian"))
+		syscon_config.val_format_endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG;
+	else if (of_property_read_bool(np, "little-endian"))
+		syscon_config.val_format_endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_LITTLE;
+	else if (of_property_read_bool(np, "native-endian"))
+		syscon_config.val_format_endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_NATIVE;
+
 	/*
 	 * search for reg-io-width property in DT. If it is not provided,
 	 * default to 4 bytes. regmap_init_mmio will return an error if values