diff --git a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
index b510164..3002646 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
@@ -137,7 +137,13 @@ cursor_bitpos (int flags, int x, Bool mask)
 	mask = !mask;
     if (flags & HARDWARE_CURSOR_NIBBLE_SWAPPED)
 	x = (x & ~3) | (3 - (x & 3));
+    /* XXX: This code needs more work to be really endianness clean, but for now
+     * this allows the radeon driver to work on big endian platforms. See
+     * https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11796
+     */
+#if X_BYTE_ORDER == X_LITTLE_ENDIAN
     if (flags & HARDWARE_CURSOR_BIT_ORDER_MSBFIRST)
+#endif
 	x = (x & ~7) | (7 - (x & 7));
     if (flags & HARDWARE_CURSOR_SOURCE_MASK_INTERLEAVE_1)
 	x = (x << 1) + mask;