diff --git a/linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c b/linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c
index c0790f3246..85804c367a 100644
--- a/linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c
+++ b/linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ static void arm_kernel_cmpxchg32_helper(CPUARMState *env)
 {
     uint32_t oldval, newval, val, addr, cpsr, *host_addr;
 
-    oldval = env->regs[0];
-    newval = env->regs[1];
+    /* Swap if host != guest endianness, for the host cmpxchg below */
+    oldval = tswap32(env->regs[0]);
+    newval = tswap32(env->regs[1]);
     addr = env->regs[2];
 
     mmap_lock();
@@ -174,6 +175,10 @@ static void arm_kernel_cmpxchg64_helper(CPUARMState *env)
         return;
     }
 
+    /* Swap if host != guest endianness, for the host cmpxchg below */
+    oldval = tswap64(oldval);
+    newval = tswap64(newval);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ATOMIC64
     val = qatomic_cmpxchg__nocheck(host_addr, oldval, newval);
     cpsr = (val == oldval) * CPSR_C;