diff --git a/target/i386/whpx/whpx-apic.c b/target/i386/whpx/whpx-apic.c
index 4245ab68a2..630a9616d7 100644
--- a/target/i386/whpx/whpx-apic.c
+++ b/target/i386/whpx/whpx-apic.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void whpx_apic_mem_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
 static const MemoryRegionOps whpx_apic_io_ops = {
     .read = whpx_apic_mem_read,
     .write = whpx_apic_mem_write,
-    .endianness = DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN,
+    .endianness = DEVICE_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
 };
 
 static void whpx_apic_reset(APICCommonState *s)