diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c b/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
index d5039f69a9..2ed69d7c2d 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
@@ -1566,9 +1566,11 @@ static int get_physical_address(CPURISCVState *env, hwaddr *physical,
             target_ulong *pte_pa = qemu_map_ram_ptr(mr->ram_block, addr1);
             target_ulong old_pte;
             if (riscv_cpu_sxl(env) == MXL_RV32) {
-                old_pte = qatomic_cmpxchg((uint32_t *)pte_pa, pte, updated_pte);
+                old_pte = qatomic_cmpxchg((uint32_t *)pte_pa, cpu_to_le32(pte), cpu_to_le32(updated_pte));
+                old_pte = le32_to_cpu(old_pte);
             } else {
-                old_pte = qatomic_cmpxchg(pte_pa, pte, updated_pte);
+                old_pte = qatomic_cmpxchg(pte_pa, cpu_to_le64(pte), cpu_to_le64(updated_pte));
+                old_pte = le64_to_cpu(old_pte);
             }
             if (old_pte != pte) {
                 goto restart;