diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_lpuart.c b/drivers/serial/serial_lpuart.c
index a357b00d28..57dd4a72c6 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_lpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_lpuart.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
+ * Copyright 2019 NXP
  * Copyright 2013 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
  */
 
@@ -502,6 +503,9 @@ static int lpuart_serial_ofdata_to_platdata(struct udevice *dev)
 	plat->reg = (void *)addr;
 	plat->flags = dev_get_driver_data(dev);
 
+	if (fdtdec_get_bool(blob, node, "little-endian"))
+		plat->flags &= ~LPUART_FLAG_REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG;
+
 	if (!fdt_node_check_compatible(blob, node, "fsl,ls1021a-lpuart"))
 		plat->devtype = DEV_LS1021A;
 	else if (!fdt_node_check_compatible(blob, node, "fsl,imx7ulp-lpuart"))