diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c b/drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c
index 3f5b7cc85f1d..e198d40292e7 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ static int wm8994_read(struct wm8994 *wm8994, unsigned short reg,
 		return ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < bytes / 2; i++) {
-		buf[i] = be16_to_cpu(buf[i]);
-
 		dev_vdbg(wm8994->dev, "Read %04x from R%d(0x%x)\n",
-			 buf[i], reg + i, reg + i);
+			 be16_to_cpu(buf[i]), reg + i, reg + i);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ int wm8994_reg_read(struct wm8994 *wm8994, unsigned short reg)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	else
-		return val;
+		return be16_to_cpu(val);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wm8994_reg_read);
 
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wm8994_reg_read);
  * @wm8994: Device to read from
  * @reg: First register
  * @count: Number of registers
- * @buf: Buffer to fill.
+ * @buf: Buffer to fill.  The data will be returned big endian.
  */
 int wm8994_bulk_read(struct wm8994 *wm8994, unsigned short reg,
 		     int count, u16 *buf)
@@ -180,6 +178,8 @@ int wm8994_set_bits(struct wm8994 *wm8994, unsigned short reg,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
+	r = be16_to_cpu(r);
+
 	r &= ~mask;
 	r |= val;
 
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm8994-irq.c b/drivers/mfd/wm8994-irq.c
index f5e439a37dc5..1e3bf4a2ff8e 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/wm8994-irq.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/wm8994-irq.c
@@ -225,9 +225,11 @@ static irqreturn_t wm8994_irq_thread(int irq, void *data)
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 	}
 
-	/* Apply masking */
-	for (i = 0; i < WM8994_NUM_IRQ_REGS; i++)
+	/* Bit swap and apply masking */
+	for (i = 0; i < WM8994_NUM_IRQ_REGS; i++) {
+		status[i] = be16_to_cpu(status[i]);
 		status[i] &= ~wm8994->irq_masks_cur[i];
+	}
 
 	/* Report */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(wm8994_irqs); i++) {