diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index 5797ca6fdfe2..700cf5f67118 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -360,6 +360,38 @@ static inline int bitmap_parse(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen,
 	return __bitmap_parse(buf, buflen, 0, maskp, nmaskbits);
 }
 
+/*
+ * BITMAP_FROM_U64() - Represent u64 value in the format suitable for bitmap.
+ *
+ * Linux bitmaps are internally arrays of unsigned longs, i.e. 32-bit
+ * integers in 32-bit environment, and 64-bit integers in 64-bit one.
+ *
+ * There are four combinations of endianness and length of the word in linux
+ * ABIs: LE64, BE64, LE32 and BE32.
+ *
+ * On 64-bit kernels 64-bit LE and BE numbers are naturally ordered in
+ * bitmaps and therefore don't require any special handling.
+ *
+ * On 32-bit kernels 32-bit LE ABI orders lo word of 64-bit number in memory
+ * prior to hi, and 32-bit BE orders hi word prior to lo. The bitmap on the
+ * other hand is represented as an array of 32-bit words and the position of
+ * bit N may therefore be calculated as: word #(N/32) and bit #(N%32) in that
+ * word.  For example, bit #42 is located at 10th position of 2nd word.
+ * It matches 32-bit LE ABI, and we can simply let the compiler store 64-bit
+ * values in memory as it usually does. But for BE we need to swap hi and lo
+ * words manually.
+ *
+ * With all that, the macro BITMAP_FROM_U64() does explicit reordering of hi and
+ * lo parts of u64.  For LE32 it does nothing, and for BE environment it swaps
+ * hi and lo words, as is expected by bitmap.
+ */
+#if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+#define BITMAP_FROM_U64(n) (n)
+#else
+#define BITMAP_FROM_U64(n) ((unsigned long) ((u64)(n) & ULONG_MAX)), \
+				((unsigned long) ((u64)(n) >> 32))
+#endif
+
 /*
  * bitmap_from_u64 - Check and swap words within u64.
  *  @mask: source bitmap
diff --git a/lib/test_bitmap.c b/lib/test_bitmap.c
index 431c97fb1aa0..599c6713f2a2 100644
--- a/lib/test_bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/test_bitmap.c
@@ -175,24 +175,41 @@ struct test_bitmap_parselist{
 	const int flags;
 };
 
-static const unsigned long exp[] = {1, 2, 0x0000ffff, 0xffff0000, 0x55555555,
-				0xaaaaaaaa, 0x11111111, 0x22222222, 0xffffffff,
-				0xfffffffe, 0x3333333311111111, 0xffffffff77777777};
-static const unsigned long exp2[] = {0x3333333311111111, 0xffffffff77777777};
+static const unsigned long exp[] __initconst = {
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(1),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(2),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0x0000ffff),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0xffff0000),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0x55555555),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0xaaaaaaaa),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0x11111111),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0x22222222),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0xffffffff),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0xfffffffe),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0x3333333311111111),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0xffffffff77777777)
+};
+
+static const unsigned long exp2[] __initconst = {
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0x3333333311111111),
+	BITMAP_FROM_U64(0xffffffff77777777)
+};
 
 static const struct test_bitmap_parselist parselist_tests[] __initconst = {
+#define step (sizeof(u64) / sizeof(unsigned long))
+
 	{0, "0",			&exp[0], 8, 0},
-	{0, "1",			&exp[1], 8, 0},
-	{0, "0-15",			&exp[2], 32, 0},
-	{0, "16-31",			&exp[3], 32, 0},
-	{0, "0-31:1/2",			&exp[4], 32, 0},
-	{0, "1-31:1/2",			&exp[5], 32, 0},
-	{0, "0-31:1/4",			&exp[6], 32, 0},
-	{0, "1-31:1/4",			&exp[7], 32, 0},
-	{0, "0-31:4/4",			&exp[8], 32, 0},
-	{0, "1-31:4/4",			&exp[9], 32, 0},
-	{0, "0-31:1/4,32-63:2/4",	&exp[10], 64, 0},
-	{0, "0-31:3/4,32-63:4/4",	&exp[11], 64, 0},
+	{0, "1",			&exp[1 * step], 8, 0},
+	{0, "0-15",			&exp[2 * step], 32, 0},
+	{0, "16-31",			&exp[3 * step], 32, 0},
+	{0, "0-31:1/2",			&exp[4 * step], 32, 0},
+	{0, "1-31:1/2",			&exp[5 * step], 32, 0},
+	{0, "0-31:1/4",			&exp[6 * step], 32, 0},
+	{0, "1-31:1/4",			&exp[7 * step], 32, 0},
+	{0, "0-31:4/4",			&exp[8 * step], 32, 0},
+	{0, "1-31:4/4",			&exp[9 * step], 32, 0},
+	{0, "0-31:1/4,32-63:2/4",	&exp[10 * step], 64, 0},
+	{0, "0-31:3/4,32-63:4/4",	&exp[11 * step], 64, 0},
 
 	{0, "0-31:1/4,32-63:2/4,64-95:3/4,96-127:4/4",	exp2, 128, 0},