diff --git a/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h b/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h
index 94083603..434af518 100644
--- a/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h
+++ b/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h
@@ -2167,6 +2167,25 @@ static inline uint64_t *aa64_vfp_qreg(CPUARMState *env, unsigned regno)
     return &env->vfp.regs[2 * regno];
 }
 
+/* Return true if the processor is in big-endian mode. */
+static inline bool arm_cpu_data_is_big_endian(CPUARMState *env)
+{
+    int cur_el;
+
+    /* In 32bit endianness is determined by looking at CPSR's E bit */
+    if (!is_a64(env)) {
+        return (env->uncached_cpsr & CPSR_E) ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+
+    cur_el = arm_current_el(env);
+
+    if (cur_el == 0) {
+        return (env->cp15.sctlr_el[1] & SCTLR_E0E) != 0;
+    }
+
+    return (env->cp15.sctlr_el[cur_el] & SCTLR_EE) != 0;
+}
+
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 
 enum {